I don’t always echo the party line when I report on women or anybody else. So every now and then, I ruffle some feathers, including those of my loyal female readers. Here are the top Careerist posts about the sexes that got folks talking, thinking and fuming in 2014 (click on the title, if you missed it):

Is This Subject Off Limits? Should it be forbidden to talk about the sex appeal of a serious woman in a serious job? I hope not. But I got into trouble recently when I called Kamala Harris, the comely attorney general of California, a “hottie” and “the sexiest AG in the nation.”