I have to say, I'm on Jillian and Anne's side on this one. It's easy to be non-sexist (e.g. use 'their' instead of either 'his' or 'her') and also easy to apologise when you slip up, rather than complain. We all make mistakes - why not just say 'sorry' and try not to do it again?
Paul Dr Paul Bernal Lecturer UEA Law School University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR4 7TJ email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: http://www.paulbernal.co.uk/ Blog: http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @paulbernalUK On 12 Jun 2013, at 20:28, Anne Roth <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Am 12.06.13 20:13, schrieb Jillian C. York: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 06:15:30AM -0400, Sheila Parks wrote: Why not use "her" instead of "his"? Using "his" in 2013 is, indeed, misogyny List moderator, please control this before it completely goes out of hand. You mean like /almost every thread? /Pray tell, why is this the one time you speak up? +1 People are trying to get work done here, and this is not helping. -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- US: +1-857-891-4244 | NL: +31-657086088 site: jilliancyork.com<http://jilliancyork.com> <http://jilliancyork.com/>*| *twitter: @jilliancyork* * "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality" - /Vaclav Havel/ -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- http://about.me/annalist http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x7689407F942951E2 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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