-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 09:20:26AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: >However, I think Andreas Tille is right: bodging language to use >"singular they" does not move us nearer to equality - it is a way of >hiding the struggle, while making the text less comprehensible. >I don't believe that language shapes thought, but that's an old >psycho-linguistic chestnut.
I also do not believe that language alone shapes thought. But I do believe that language makes a difference. That it matters if I use dirty words, or if I - by the choice of words - technically imply that men counts more than women. If massaging language is all we do, then (and only then!) I agree with Andreas that it is hillarious. But as a signal of awareness, and as a techical excercise if it is possible to (elegantly!) express ourselves without implicit gender oprression, then we should certainly go for it! - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkilR74ACgkQn7DbMsAkQLi7dQCdHLxSwtmuVogOBQEWxHyjOlTw ppUAnRMTUp8weEPSGeDMlz9uCKkVh1dK =WH7I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
