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# Sign of the Times
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/sign-of-the-times/
- Published: 2007-07-27T13:07:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T10:24:21.000Z
- Author: Jessica Reed
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23, #ImagesUploaded

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Cecilia Sardenberg shared a very telling story about a meeting taking place in Brazil - a progressive country by all accounts- in which a government representative spoke for two hours at a conference about gender and political dialogue, but mentioned the word 'women' maybe twice. As [Srilatha Batliwala](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Srilatha%5FBatliwala.jsp) underlined, it is a worrying trend which speaks volume about the current situation: men in politics don't even feel the use to be politically correct anymore.