[Ads-l] Is mother of all bombs sexist?

Baron, Dennis E debaron at ILLINOIS.EDU
Sat Apr 15 22:32:12 UTC 2017


There’s a new post on the Web of Language:

“Is the mother of all bombs sexist?”

That’s what the reporter who called me wanted to know. I couldn’t take that call, so I missed his deadline, and anyway, I didn’t have a sound bite, which is what reporters always want. But here’s my answer: “Yes. But sexism’s not its biggest problem.”

read the full post here: http://bit.ly/2oiyzBH

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