The damaging impact of active gender discrimination – such as bride burning and female infanticide – is clear. But passive discrimination – tolerating rules and institutions that deny women equal say in reproductive decisions, equal access to education and employment, equal pay for equal work, equal rights before the law, and equal political influence – is similarly destructive.
性别歧视（如索奁焚妻和扼杀女婴）猖獗的破坏性影响是显而易见的。但被动歧视——忍受否认女性在生育问题上的平等权利、平等接受教育和工作的权利、获得平等薪酬的权利、获得平等法律对待的权利、获得平等政治影响的权利的规则和制度——具有同样的破坏性。