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Miigwech

(3,741 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2019, 05:35 PM Mar 2019

For the first time in the history of political commentary

... I declare all of my posts to be GENDER NEUTRAL ... if I use bitch or bastard ... forget gender ... follow the poetry ... LOL

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For the first time in the history of political commentary (Original Post) Miigwech Mar 2019 OP

Ok. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2019 #1

One is gendered and one is not ismnotwasm Mar 2019 #2

No, both are insults to women. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2019 #4

You are correct. ariadne0614 Mar 2019 #7

Still depends who reads it..... UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #3

If you want them to be gender neutral, don't use loaded gender-specific terms. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #5

Translation: "I hereby declare that my use of sexist terms isn't sexist at all! And I'm going to Squinch Mar 2019 #6

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)

1. Ok. nt

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 05:37 PM

Mar 2019

ismnotwasm

(41,975 posts)

2. One is gendered and one is not

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 05:42 PM

Mar 2019

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

4. No, both are insults to women. n/t

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 06:05 PM

Mar 2019

ariadne0614

(1,712 posts)

7. You are correct.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 09:18 PM

Mar 2019

Why is this so difficult for some people to understand? Is willful ignorance a factor?

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)

3. Still depends who reads it.....

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 05:58 PM

Mar 2019

whether you'll get an alert or not I suppose.

TwilightZone

(25,457 posts)

5. If you want them to be gender neutral, don't use loaded gender-specific terms.

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 06:41 PM

Mar 2019

It's not that complicated.

Squinch

(50,944 posts)

6. Translation: "I hereby declare that my use of sexist terms isn't sexist at all! And I'm going to