metaphorical blowjobs, but the press corps giving them to Obama. Sexism, in my view, is more along the lines of calling someone a 'gossip queen' or a 'she devil' or a 'media diva'. A subtle racist equivalent might be praising your audience as 'hard working white Americans'. To be sexist, it really has to conjure up (whether implicitly or explicitly) stereotypes that lump together an oppressed group with some terrible label, which neither cheerleading nor blowjobs does on its own. Just my 2 cents. Re 'blowjobs' and 'cheerleading'= sexist. I think you are on safe ground. Since three of the four orientations enjoy the former, and four of four can engage in the latter. I think your reference can be considered as gender non specific. That is how I read it, without a second thought till I read your request for a ruling. Also Rolling Stone came in the mail today, I've read your piece once, and will read it again tomorrow. In short, though I get the feeling we have been punked. I never would have thought my hope for this president would have atrofied in 10 months. angie, Although I share your impulse to make that assumption, I insist on giving Matt credit for asking. We must take what we can get. The usual knee-jerk response is to attack, and engage the mob mentality. Far as I know both activities have been unisex for a long time. I took two years of Cultural Anthropology, so I think that