ABSTRACT

In the summer of 1999 … Carleton Fiorina was named new CEO of Hewlett-Packard … She claimed that women face ‘no limits whatsoever … there is not a glass ceiling’. 1

Management gurus now know how to boost the odds of getting a great executive: Hire a female. 2

The term ‘political correctness gone mad’ is over-used to the point of absurdity by the right. The only way to kill it would be for the progressive left to also over-use it to the point of absurdity. 3

Language is an important aspect of understanding gender because language defines the reality that we experience and because we cannot experience reality without using language. 4

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