You could 1. ignore it, since it's a strange thing to get upset about, and didn't seem intentional, or 2. ask the person to use "their" nicely. Saying "use 'her'" and calling it misogyny is just trolling. Don't feed the trolls!
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Paul Bernal (LAW) <paul.ber...@uea.ac.uk>wrote: > 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: paul.ber...@uea.ac.uk > Web: http://www.paulbernal.co.uk/ > Blog: http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/ > Twitter: @paulbernalUK > > On 12 Jun 2013, at 20:28, Anne Roth <annal...@riseup.net> > wrote: > > Am 12.06.13 20:13, schrieb Jillian C. York: > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org > <mailto:eu...@leitl.org <eu...@leitl.org>>> 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 compa...@stanford.edu > <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu <compa...@stanford.edu>> 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/>*| > *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 compa...@stanford.edu 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 compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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