Guess I’ve already ruined my chances with the title of this post, but did you catch this in Lois Romano’s column in the WaPo (scroll to “final note” at bottom)?
We heard a number of complaints last week because we used the word “catfight” to describe a disagreement between two distinguished members of Congress — Pelosi and Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.). To those who civilly articulated reasons why the term is inappropriate, we say: Point taken.
Emphasis added. And remember to smile prettily, too!
–Ann Bartow
Unfortunatley, we’re going to see a lot of these gendered comments in news reports now that Pelosi is speaker. The media praises the accomplishment out of one side of its mouth but denigrates it out of the other with comments like this one and the one in the post just below this one.