* Carla Schroder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > It's interesting that we have to explain why certain language is > sexist. Am I right in assuming that it's the non-native English > speakers who aren't getting it? I know that English grammar books > teach that the male pronouns are generic, and include women. Well, the > books may say so, but in the real world male pronouns = male. Period. > Most of the English-speaking world understands this, at least in the > US, and attempts to use inclusive language.
http://www.double-helix.org/miscellaneous/purity.php
I've been re-reading this today, and it still hits me hard how
sexist the english language as it is commonly used is.
Fixing this is as important as removing racist/homophobic
language on www.d.o, i think.
iain
(not a female geek, but born of one, engaged to one, and friends
with many)
--
"If sharing a thing in no way diminishes it, it is not
rightly owned if it is not shared." -- St. Augustine
#rm -rf /
http://www.geeksoc.org/
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