Sexism — Tag Meaning
A warning for gender-based prejudice in the work: workplace dismissal, institutional barriers, and characters underestimated or harassed for their gender. Fic frequently deploys it so a heroine can demolish the expectations stacked against her.
What to Expect From "Sexism" Fics
Expect misogyny depicted with varying graphicness, often as an obstacle the narrative dismantles with relish.
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Period-Typical Sexism
Historical settings carrying their era's gender politics: Regency marriage markets, mid-century workplaces, and worlds where women's options are legally narrow. The tag warns that the setting's sexism is rendered honestly rather than airbrushed.
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Racism
A warning that racial prejudice appears in the work — directed at characters, embedded in the setting, or examined as theme. It covers both real-world racism and fantasy-coded analogues when authors tag conscientiously.
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BAMF Women
The canonical group tag in the BAMF family ('badass' rendered politely), promising that the women of this fic are formidable and the narrative knows it. It flags stories that hand female characters the competence, screen time, and victories their canons rationed.
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Period-Typical Attitudes
The umbrella warning for historically accurate prejudice of all kinds — racism, sexism, homophobia, classism — rendered as part of a period setting. Authors use it when an era's worldview pervades the story too broadly for itemized tags.
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