Mind the question…

Each time I hear someone saying « we can t get women speakers » I’d like to know how they asked, or what they actually asked for. Obviously if they started with « it’s really hard to find good woman speakers. Would you like to speak at…  » They’re likely to get a no… Who would want to commit to an event organiser presuming you will give a poor performance? Ah the magical power – not magical at all but deeply rooted in linguistics – of the language we used in our sentence. My new Motto? Pause, question your question 😁, and question irl. 🙏🤗