I am surprised to see your comments on this subject.  Cenk has expressed blatant sexism ever since I started listening to The Young Turks -- and you have tolerated it, usually without comment or protest, even when it has been personally demeaning to you.  Yet I have heard you, albeit infrequently, refer to yourself as at least somewhat liberated.  In fact, you also have participated in conversations which objectify women, portraying them as of interest solely as sexual objects.  Cenk's offensive comments are often followed by your twittering giggle, and a mildly humorous rejoinder.  While I contend that women who are interesting only because of their sexual behavior are not, in fact, interesting at all, you help to promote the idea that they are.

You weaken liberation, and serve to belittle women.

I had three very close female friends in high school in high school (68-72) who collectively trained who were the first "liberated" women that I knew.  Although they were just learning about women's liberation themselves, they made sure that I learned.  It wasn't a difficult lesson, because thinking about other people being equal to me in all significant matters (and ignoring the relatively insignificant issues such as physical ability) came very easy to me.  But many other people persist in carrying forward older views of women as weak, manipulatable, relatively unintelligent, and primarily sexual.

These ideas retard our intellectual evolution.

I am not sure, but I could be persuaded that Cenk makes his sexist remarks not because he fully believes them but because he thinks they're entertaining.  Some people undoubtedly are entertained by those remarks.  But I'm not one of them, and I would be pleased if you examined your own sexist attitudes for possible redress.

One good place to start would be taking a hard look at the content of the third hour of the show.

The way that women achieved what equality they have is because they took it, not because men finally began to recognize their unjust attitudes.  While a lot of men do work to reform their personal sexist attitudes, no one who wants their freedom can or should depend upon their oppressor to see the evil of their ways and change.  If you want your freedom you have to take it.  Otherwise, you won't get it.

A case in point was the Equal Rights Amendment.  Legally, it was unnecessary.  The equal protection clause of the Constitution confers upon women rights equal to those of men.  But a lot of people don't realize that establishing women's equality under the law wasn't the purpose of the ERA; it was, instead, to adjust people's attitudes.  But the sexists -- both male and female -- prevailed in that battle.  As a result, even at this late date, Cenk finds a wide audience for his sexist humor.

While sexuality certainly is a pleasant topic for discussion,  I hope that the staff at TYT learns that their distinguishably sexist comments not only are not "progressive" but serve to weaken the efforts of true progressives to create a more just society.