Re: OT: reality (wasRe: Atlantean)

Andreas Johansson wrote:

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>>>PS Why doesn't there seem to be any feminists on the list? Despite the
>>>disagreements we have on everything from Tagalog grammar to the existence
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>>>Arhats, one can apparently refer to God with masculine pronouns here
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>>Mea culpa.  I have lately noticed some slippage back toward sexist English in
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>>writing in general; I need to keep a better eye on that.
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>Well, as you may've noted, I'm an unashamed sexist on this point, if sexism it
>is, so I'm not accusing you of anything. I was just noting the non-presence of
>feminist flak.
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Probably because there's a distinct lack of women on the list these
days.  But I don't see the problem in using 'he'.  People are welcome to
say she/it/they if they want, but I'm sticking with my usage of 'he',
because I'm used to it.

I really dislike the idea of 'sexist' language, when using perfectly
normal words.  I'm happy saying 'man', when I mean 'humankind', or 'men'
when I mean 'people', just because that's what those words mean in those
contexts.  I still maintain that males should be referred to as
'wepmen', or some such thing.


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