[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rut:

With all due respect to your mother, saying that referring to a female, no matter what her age, as a lady is being derogatory to the female is policitally correct horse manure. Conducting oneself on the playing fields or in the work place as a gentleman or a lady has nothing to do with putting a person down, it has to do with displaying good sportsmanship and good manners, other words, acting like civilized human beings. Today's society at all levels, talk radio and politics, are good examples where good manners are sorely missing.

MTD, Sr.

We have a local dj oa Portland radio station morning show who calls every woman caller "Honey" or "darling"...they had one woman call in and complain that he was being sexist, so they did a 4 hour call-in one morning and had hundreds of women call in and the only one who complained about it was the original caller. Turns out she is a Professor at Oregon State University in the Gender Studies Program (whatever that is)...seems maybe those academia people are a little out of touch with reality...