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An honest attempt to be politically sensitive (say 'she' instead of 'he' sometimes) gets put down for not going far enough. Not helping the cause here.
by loco5niner 9y ago
An honest attempt to be politically sensitive (say 'she' instead of 'he' sometimes) gets put down for not going far enough.
Not helping the cause here.
- mattlondon 9y agoThe point I was trying to make is when referring to unspecified third-persons, dont say "help her". Say "help them". Women are often unfairly stereotyped as being less-skilled or less-capable than their male counter-parts in our industry. Suggesting those that need help are female is just the thin-end of the wedge on this and may go unnoticed by those using it - a "micro-aggression" as it is now being called - but it furthers the entrenched stereotyping. Using well-accepted gender neutral pronouns is a simple step to avoid this sort of thing and try and promote equality and diversity in our industry. If I have offended anyone, sorry - that was not the intention. The intention was to promote gender equality and make our industry more welcoming to all genders.
- ghaff 9y ago"Well-accepted" is a bit of a stretch. Maybe increasingly-accepted. Personally I favor the use of the singular they. There's precedent with "you" and it seems mostly preferable to alternatives like he/she or just picking arbitrary genders as was done here. But I'm also not going to correct someone who doesn't use singular they (unless it's in a situation where they should be following a particular style guide that specifies it).
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- qwdqwdwqqw 9y agoYou mean the webshit industry?
- neerkumar 9y agoThe problem with these things is that you end up stop writing or even talking cause you get so concerned about offending others... English is not my mother tongue, and I actually thought here I was being sensitive, cause putting "he" would have implied only males are career oriented, etc. Didn't occur to me I could have put they.