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...Madam Chancellor, You Look Marvelous! I was jarred by some of the descriptions of the German Chancellor in "Merkel's Moment" [Jan. 11]. While the article does a nice job of summing up Angela Merkel's rise through the sexist ranks of German politics, it contradicts itself by using such outdated gender stereotypes as diminutive, frail and kittenish to describe the first female Chancellor of Germany. Though subtle, this sort of language is damaging. One step forward, three steps back. And to think, the writer is a woman. Kate Karczewski Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...Madam Chancellor, You Look Marvelous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...that was a real departure from The Queen. Yes, it was a big departure from The Queen. Although, not altogether. The madam of the brothel is very much the queen bee of her world - the queen of that world. So there was a kind of similarity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Dame Helen Mirren, Star of The Last Station | 1/17/2010 | See Source »

...saying the Queen of England is anything like the madam. I'm not saying that. I'm saying the madam is like a queen, a very different thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Dame Helen Mirren, Star of The Last Station | 1/17/2010 | See Source »

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