“Here's a twist on the debate over public monuments to problematic figures like Confederate leaders: A Massachusetts state lawmaker wants to censor references to a man who scored Civil War era wins against the Confederacy. Her reasoning? That man's name is Joseph Hooker.”
“She (State Rep. Michelle DuBois) has been calling for the removal of a statehouse sign that reads "General Hooker Entrance" (so inscribed because it stands opposite a statue of General Hooker), which she described as an affront to "women's dignity."
"Female staffers don't use that entrance because the sign is offensive to them," DuBois told WBZ-TV this week.
If that isn't the ultimate in futile, fainting-couch feminism, I'm not sure what is.
DuBois also complained that she had heard teen boys joke with teen girls that they were "general hookers" while using the door.”
https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/16/hooker-sign-must-go-says-ma-lawmaker/amp
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