http://theorynpractice.com/2007/06/13/issues-management-101/ Where we make meaning of everything. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theorynpractice.com/2007/06/13/issues-management-101/#comment-4 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:22:38 +0000 http://theorynpractice.com/2007/06/13/issues-management-101/#comment-4 Les Moonves’ response seems based in the idea that the word “tarting up” somehow only refers to women. Just check out Wikipedia’s entry for the multiple uses of “tart” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tart_%28disambiguation%29). This refers to men and women of a sexually provocative nature. A brief scan across online dictionary entries shows historical references to women, but modern usage clearly shows application to both sexes, not to mention items without gender. Les Moonves is either purposely taking advantage of antiquated usage, or unintentionally exposing his own aged and sexually biased lexicon. Now I need to go shower…I feel so dirty for defending Dan Rather.

]]>