Study: Fewer men are using sexist language to describe women

‘Now we only rarely hear a woman being described in terms of her hair — blonde, brunette, redhead and so on — and there are fewer negative descriptions such as ‘devil’, ‘strange’, ‘daft’, ‘conceited’ and ‘damned’.

‘New ways of describing women appeared in the study, including “international”, “gypsy” and “Italian”.’

He also said that as less feminine views of women have become more popular, new terms that refer to feminine traits have gained popularity.

He added: ‘In the past, women who had long hair, wore skirts and had manicured fingernails did not need to be given a special description because even if some were not that way, they were expected to be that way.