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Article: A P.C. Guide to Political Correctness; Helpful Hints For Those Baffled By the Cliche Of the Decade
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 15, 1995
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"POLITICAL correctness" marches on, unaffected by the 1994
election results, undeterred by the indignation of talk radio hosts
everywhere and undefended by practically everybody. Its latest victim
is the Snap-On Tools Inc. calendar. For the past 12 years, the
Fortune 500 toolmaker has distributed a calendar to its 1.2 million
customers nationwide, featuring pretty young women posing with its
mechanical products. Last month Snap-On announced it was shelving the
cheesecake.
"We've heard that this is politically correct, or bowing to
feminist pressure," a company spokesman told the Minneapolis Tribune.
"That's not the case."
This pro-forma denial, while no doubt sincere, isn't terribly ...