OED removing sexist stereotypes

The OED is removing quotations exemplifying sexist stereotypes such as “nagging housewife”, “shrill female voice”, “high-maintenance girl”, and “rabid feminist”. Given the number of quotations in the OED, this is obviously a huge undertaking:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/06/no-more-nagging-wives-how-oxford-dictionaries-is-cleaning-up-sexist-language?CMP=share_btn_link

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