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From the complaint: > ... the “Wizards Wanted” section of its website. Indeed, given that a “wizard” generally is defined as “a man who has magical powers,” an
by johngalt 9y ago
From the complaint:
> ... the “Wizards Wanted” section of its website. Indeed, given that a “wizard” generally is defined as “a man who has magical powers,” and virtually without exception images of wizards are male, Magic Leap’s recruiting verbiage contains a not-so-subtle “women-need-not-apply” message.
Ummm... technically there is an equivalent 'typically female' term for a woman with magical powers.
I think Magic Leap would still be in trouble if they had used that term in their recruiting literature.
- Pica_soO 9y agoObjection your honor, the sevent-daughter-of-a-seventh-son can be a wizard, thus i demand the charge be dropped based upon precedence of Terry Pratchet vs Gender Stereotypes. I rest my case.
- nindalf 9y agoI too support Equal Rites for all but a minor correction. Pratchett specifies that it is the eighth child of an eighth son, not seventh.
- jaredsohn 9y agoThis stackexchange entry (https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/182876/why-are-female-wizards-called-witches https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/182876/why-are-f...) is interesting re: this subject. Basically, the accepted answer asserts that treating 'witch' as a female wizard is a Harry Potterism and that the corresponding male term for witch is warlock. Another answer suggests 'wizardess' may be the better female term for wizard. At least in tech we use the same terms for both male and female programmers :)
- matt_wulfeck 9y agoOr better yet let's all decide as a society that a wizard can be any gender.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Ummm... technically there is an equivalent 'typically female' term for a woman with magical powers. "Sorceress"?
- vkou 9y ago"Magician"? Works for all genders, too!
- dragonwriter 9y ago"Magician" is gender-neutral and ideal, but not "typically female".
- basch 9y agowitch. wizardess? sorceress is born with powers, without the need for historical documents slash knowledge or training and practice. they can coast through life.
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- jjawssd 9y agoDid you just assume that there are only two genders?
- Apocryphon 9y agoShould've just gone with Mage.
- EthanHeilman 9y ago"Digital Witches and Wizards wanted" has a Harry Potter ring to it. Magician, Mage, Conjuror, Illusionist, Phosphomancer are all gender neutral.
- matt_wulfeck 9y agoAnything is gender neutral if we decide it's gender neutral.
- moomin 9y agoNot quite. It's when we agree it's gender neutral. Good luck with your multi-decade quest to change the accepted meaning and connotations of relatively common words in the English language.
- moomin 9y agoIt's really not equivalent if you wouldn't call someone that to their face.