![]() His latest book is "The Years of Talking Dangerously." And he joins us from the studios of member station KQED in San Francisco. And we begin with Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist at the University of California Berkley. Later in the program the surprising results of an economic study of prejudice against women playwrights. If you deal with this as a parent or a teacher what you do when you hear a kid say, that's so gay? Give us a call 80, email us You can also join the conversation on our Web site, that's at npr.org, click on the TALK OF THE NATION. And many teenager's parents and teachers find the anti-gay implications of the phrase unavoidable and offensive. But some kids are also taunted and bullied for their sexual preference, real or perceived. Gay is a generalized insult with no connection to sexual preference. If you're wondering what a backpack has to do with homosexuality, well, a lot of kids who use the phrase say it doesn't to them. ![]() Kids will pick on other kids for wearing a certain backpack, being polite to a teacher, well, pretty much anything. Playground putdowns have always been cruel.
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