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OUCH: ?First, I can?t believe he said ?you look like a student? to a woman who identified herself a?

By Glenn Reynolds

OUCH: “First, I can’t believe he said ‘you look like a student’ to a woman who identified herself as a member of a university faculty. That is an irrelevant and, I would say, sexist remark. Not only is it equivalent to saying “gee, you’re pretty,” but it’s revealing that you have a picture of what professors are supposed to look like and you don’t mind derailing the conversation to say she doesn’t look like one. I know it’s supposed to be a compliment, but it’s really clueless.”

“You know, you don’t act like a President. You’re more like a . . . game-show host.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).