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Nor is it a surprise that it shows up in any segment of children not exposed to healthy male influences. That knife cuts both ways.

Why leave out the symmetric case of women who are not "adjacent" to any men?

Right, that's one source of sexism, but not by any means a complete picture. The stereotype of the lothario who thinks of women as inferior is yet another one, as is the feminist who mocks both toxic masculinity and male tears.

You're never going to entirely escape from those who are just shitty people, but at the societal level, sexism is unique in that the groups of potential victims and potential perpetrators are intimately forced together, ij a way that isn't necessarily the case for racism or homophobia (when gay people are forced into the closet).