Nobody else who was working there was in a (known/public) relationship with someone else also working there, so he probably didn't say it to anyone else. But yeah, now that you put it that way, it probably was sexist. I had to ask for the raise at my yearly review. I can't imagine my boss saying the same thing to a guy whose wife had already been working there for a while. I figure that he didn't cut my boyfriend's salary because he was working there before I was, and his salary was already set and contracted. This is the kind of thing that happens when you know you are absolutely not qualified for the job, even if you can do it well. I had no leverage.