Dominique Strass-Kahn (Guillaume Paumier/Wikimedia).

MORE GENDER DRAMA in the sportswriting world: Tony Kornheiser called Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins' work “shrew-like” and “hysterical.” ProFootballTalk called those comments "sexist" and quoted an anonymous "male member of the media" as saying, “I think the test is would Tony say that about you or me. Probably not. I’m guessing Sally feels the exact same way."

Jenkins didn't take offense to being called a hysterical shrew, but she did ding ProFootballTalk for attributing feelings to her without so much as a phone call. "First of all the word shrew is an extremely mild term to me, especially compared to many e-mails from readers I’ve received," Jenkins told Dan Steinberg. She contined: "who cares."

DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY: Jenkins is right that ProFootballTalk shouldn't have attributed feelings to her—but not only because it's bad journalism. This situation has very little to do with Jenkins' "feelings." Sexist comments aren't wrong because they hurt individuals, they're wrong because they trash an entire class of people based on their gender. Particularly in the male-dominated world of sportswriting, the perception that hard-hitting critical journalism is "hysterical" when a woman is behind it keeps all women from gaining equal footing in the profession. It really doesn't matter whether this situation offends Jenkins personally or not.

REMINDER to reporters: Sexual assault allegations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is not a fun news peg from which to explore the "rakish" and "lascivious" consensual sexual affairs of U.S. and French politicians. Rape: It's still not sex."

AND IN TIME: Anti-rape laws are so puritanical! Alleged rapists are really just libertines! Rape is seduction! "Indeed, certain analysts argue that the French President may have been betting on rather cynical odds: that by sending a notorious libertine to the puritanical Mecca of America in the first place—and to the political correct strictures of the rigid IMF in particular — Sarkozy was simply giving Strauss-Kahn enough rope to hang himself with," the magazine submits. "That may explain why it was that on Monday, the daily Le Figaro quoted Sarkozy responding to the news out of New York with a reminder that he'd alerted Strauss-Kahn of the risks of being a seducteur. 'I warned him about this!'"

SADY DOYLE on Odd Future: "Tyler, the Creator of Odd Future is just the culture’s latest excuse to get all het up about how 'provocative' and 'edgy' it is to rap about how much you like to rape ladies (because that is a totally unpopular activity, not at all common in society today), and also, say “faggot” a lot (also uncommon, and without consequence), and also, o his genius! O, his technical mastery! O, he will save music from itself! Which might be true. I dunno. I was distracted by all the raping."