Conservatives love to accuse liberals of being overly Politically Correct. And this is an era, indeed, in which certain kinds of ethnic and stereotypical humor are taboo.
But there’s one taboo that those on the side accused of being PC apparently don’t feel is PC: Sexism.
Apparently some folks think its just fine to call a woman a certain word that begins with the third word of the alphabet (we won’t use it here since this site is family friendly). And the use of this word on one website is underfire from Tom Watson, one of the best progressive bloggers around.
Read his MUST READ about antifeminism on the left RIGHT HERE.
PS: Read the whole post to the end, because it seems as if Tom’s shining some light on the problem led to the word being removed…at least in reference to a woman…
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.