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Isn't usage of Spivak pronouns itself a form of meta-contrarianism? (gender-biased / gender-neutral / Spivak)
by anurag 16y ago
Isn't usage of Spivak pronouns itself a form of meta-contrarianism? (gender-biased / gender-neutral / Spivak)
- deleted 16y ago[deleted]
- gort 16y agoThe author isn't suggesting that something being meta-contrarian actually makes it wrong...
- khafra 16y agoTo fit the pattern, it would have to swing back the other direction, not go further in the same direction. For example: gender-biased / spivak / conspicuously using traditional pronouns in a context where they're assumed to be gender neutral.