demean, disgrace, degrade, take down, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
Astonishing figures, and seemingly somewhat lost on Shiffrin herself, the racer arguing that statistics and numbers 'dehumanise the sport and what every athlete is trying to achieve'.
This seems to make a lot of sense, and contradicts the speech on March 21 by the NSW Education Minister in which he stated: "Ultimately, STEM seeks to dehumanise education--reducing it to an equation of inputs and outputs."
'Statements that dehumanise and objectify women are not only derogatory and demeaning towards women but also contribute to the victim-blaming culture, which is the biggest impediment in fighting crimes committed against women,' the letter said.
Sophie Bennett, campaigns officer for human rights organisation Object, said: "Lads' mags dehumanise and objectify women, promoting harmful attitudes that underpin discrimination and violence against women and girls.