“Everyone’s a little bit racist,” the Avenue Q musical number goes. “Ethnic jokes might be uncouth, but you laugh because they’re based on truth.” How true, how true. Everyone’s also a little bit sexist, but that is similarly OK (and inevitable) to a certain degree, and gender-equality battles should be chosen accordingly.
Politically correct 'he or she' does little for feminism
Monday, February 16, 2009 | 10:29 a.m. CST;
updated 8:58 p.m. CST, Monday, February 16, 2009
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