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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

 
NUMBER: 1483
AUTHOR: Bernice Sandler (1928–)
QUOTATION: Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting women. It is the last socially acceptable prejudice.
ATTRIBUTION: BERNICE SANDLER, testimony, June 19, 1970.—Discrimination Against Women, hearings before the special subcommittee on education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, 91st Congress, 2d session, part 1, p. 302 (1970).

She was chairman of the Action Committee for Federal Contract Compliance in Education of the Women’s Equity Action League.
SUBJECTS: Prejudice