Earlier this year, Oxford University Press changed its entry for "woman" in its dictionaries to include more positive ways to describe a female. Shutterstock (CNN) -- Even the dictionary can be sexist ...

Oxford University Press has changed the definition of the word "woman" in its dictionaries after an online petition called on them to remove "sexist" language. Oxford lexicographers examined ...

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Even the dictionary can be sexist and out of date, especially when it comes to how a “woman” is described. Earlier this year, Oxford University Press changed its entry for “woman” in its dictionaries, ...