A fresh and critical discussion of sexism in language.

Sara Mills is a Research Professor in Linguistics in the English Department at Sheffield Hallam University. Her recent publications include Gender and Colonial Space (2004) and Gender and Politeness (Cambridge, 2003).

1. Introduction; 2. Overt sexism; 3. Language reform; 4. `Political correctness'; 5. Indirect sexism; 6. Conclusions.