"As Gloria Steinem observed, "Whoever has power takes over the noun--and the norm--while the less powerful get an adjective."1 Since no one wants to be perceived as less powerful, a lot of women reject the gender identification and insist, "I don't see myself as a woman; I see myself as a novelist/ athlete/ professional/ fill-in-the-blank." They are right to do so. No one wants her achievements modified. We all just want to be the noun. Yet"