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The name seems demeaning to women.
by hndyh 8y ago
The name seems demeaning to women.
- djsumdog 8y agoI honestly can't tell if you're serious. (@see Poe's Law)
- qwer 8y agoI wouldn't have noticed if it hadn't been pointed out but it's definitely a term for a pretty outdated female-only position so I think the point isn't so extreme. I can almost never detect this kind of stuff because it doesn't affect me directly and I'm sure the dev meant no ill-will, but once pointed out, I can see how projects named like this would get under people's skin. "made, the MArkDown Executor"? :D It's pretty easy to be more inclusive.
- wattengard 8y agoThe suffix "ake" is "standard" for these task runners... Cake (C#), Fake (F#) etc... So of course it should be called Make! ... ... wait ... ... shit ...
- wingerlang 8y agoWould you consider "Alfred" (the osx app) demeaning to men? Or Bartender (the osx app) demeaning to both genders? Both of their purpose is to essentially help do stuff for you.
- andrew_ 8y agoJeez. There's always someone that's going to seem to be offended. For clarity, the author should be just as ridiculous and claim to use the early-English definition of the phrase; a virgin. Or claim that it has something to do with Minute Maid® juices. For reference, "maid" as someone who cleans up a place is not seen as derogatory nor demeaning to everyone, as there are swaths of trademarks [1] registered using that term, and innumerable mobile maid services available in the U.S. which use that term in their company name. Or maybe that comment was just a troll job. [1] http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4807%3Aw6uj5h.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=maid&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4807%3Aw...