One supposes that because of the “oldness” (the original was released in 1884) of the Oxford Dictionary, a certain amount of sexism has been permitted to eke by over the years. And yet, there is something lamentable about the fact that even though the revamped New Oxford Dictionary was released in 1998, so many overt instances of chauvinist word examples managed to be permitted free and effortless continuity in … Continue reading The Not So Subtle Sexism of the Oxford Dictionary