shiksas

Gentile girls, informally

Shiksas is the plural of shiksa, a Yiddish term for a non-Jewish woman or girl.

The word carries complicated connotations—sometimes neutral, sometimes dismissive or disapproving, depending on speaker and context.

Jewish parents might worry about a son dating shiksas; the term can imply the woman is attractive but unsuitable for marriage: He's always chasing shiksas.

romantic

gentile

Of non-Hebrew peoples

non-JewishOutside Jewish faith
girlfriendFemale romantic partner
intermarriageWedding between different groups

dating · assimilation · interfaith · blonde · relationship · outsider · forbidden · attraction · taboo · exogamy

cultural

Yiddish

Ashkenazi Jewish language

stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
Jewish-AmericanAmerican of Hebrew descent
comedicRelating to humor

Philip Roth · trope · fetishization · otherness · exoticism · forbidden fruit · identity · generational conflict · suburban · WASP

derogatory

slur

Insulting group label

pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
otheringViewing as fundamentally different
dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard

objectification · reductive · offensive · insensitive · outdated · sexist · ethnic slur · disrespectful · dehumanizing · problematic

Opposites

religious/ethnic identity

shiksasJewish women

Females of Judaic heritage

Jewesses · landsmen

gender within non-jewish category

shiksasgoyim

Non-Jews, in Hebrew

Family

shiksa

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