Balanced View On Political Correctness

Abstract

The term political correctness is supposed to be first used in 1987 in Alan Bloom’s bestseller The Closing of the American Mind. In a narrow sense, this term is associated with protest against male dominance over females. In a broad sense, it covers sensitive topics of age, race and gender identity, social and property status, health and appearance, physical development, unemployment, and others. Most scholars consider that a precursor of political correctness must comply with various unwritten rules in many societies; in other words, to follow the principles of decency. All these things are relevant today as well.