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it's not sexist, just a different version of the expression ' no mans land' which is land that belongs to no man. man is also a word for human, or is human al
by vectorEQ 10y ago
it's not sexist, just a different version of the expression ' no mans land' which is land that belongs to no man.
man is also a word for human, or is human also sexist? because it;s not huwoman? what a bunch of nonsense!
- iamdave 10y agoI've often found myself staring agape, stunned at the lack of awareness as to the irony emanating from the same people who give such power to language with their abject refusal to entertain 'context', 'intent' or even the sheer mutability language has shown to be capable of over the thousands of years of human discourse. Same thing I said a few weeks ago in a discussion over Github wholesale blanking out a repository because it used the word 'retard' in the dictionary sense of impeding the rate of progress. If that makes me sexist I guess I'll just have to take it "like a man"?