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I'm really happy this position was given to a women.

Can we please not use a term like "Chick" to refer to a person who holds a position in the white house?

I'm really happy this position was given to a woman.

As am I! Its the only way we as a society can move past stuff like this.

I think we aren't past it until we express delight in credentials and achievements, and not gender. We shouldn't be happy that a woman got the position, we should be happy that a qualified person did.

In the long list of terms used to refer to individuals who are in the White House, "chick" is pretty tame.

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