I am sorry to raise this, but I just want to say something about the current drive for women to avoid “self-demeaning” words and phrases. I am no expert, but I actually think it is nonsense.Did you notice anything about that paragraph? It seems unremarkable to me, but it includes four controversial words or phrases that women in business are being urged to leave out of their writing because they make them appear weak, feeble and unfit for leadership. They are “I’m sorry”, “just”, “I’m no expert” and “actually”.Someone has even produced a helpful extension to the Google Chrome browser, called “Just Not Sorry”. When you write one of the offending phrases into an email, it is underlined in red. Hover your mou