Reply #44: that's not bad. but it still isn't

[cali]

the same codified language of hard+brittle- as Jim Sagle said, that's a way of calling a woman a bitch.

From an article on sexism in general today:

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the woman in the second two examples.

Hungerford said Clinton will have -- and already has had -- a tougher road during her campaign for president than her closest Democratic rival, Barack Obama.

"I think that she will have a more grueling scrutiny than he will, and she already has," Hungerford said.

"She's been called too harsh, too assertive, too cold, too brittle. There's nothing she can do that won't draw criticism."

http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070729/NEWS0312/707290314/1207/news0312