In the current versions of the Oxford English Dictionary, the synonyms for 'woman' include some eye-poppingly sexist words: b***h, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, ...

Maria Beatrice Giovanardi, 28, started a petition after an online search. A petition that now has nearly 30,000 signatures and counting on Change.org was started by a simple online search. Maria ...

(CNN) — Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling on publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) to remove “sexist” terms for women. According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the ...

A Change.org petition calling on the Oxford University Press (OUP) to change the “sexist” terms for women in some of its reference works has gathered over tens of thousands of support online. The ...

A woman in the UK started a petition to change Oxford Dictionary‘s currently accepted synonyms for the word “woman,” and has already received 30,000 signatures. Maria Beatrice Giovanardi, 28, ...