The Darling Files:  Kirsten Gillibrand

Apparently, Elizabeth Warren is not the only target of the media’s favorite gendered word: darling.  The New York Post called Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, “the darling of the far left” in an editorial last week.

Why? Why? Why? When there are so many non-gendered ways to say the exact same thing?  We’ve written about this issue before complete with examples of perfectly appropriate non-gendered terms or our Media Guide to Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates.

 

Published by Kate McCarthy on 03/27/2012

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