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"Attaboy" is obsolete for obvious reasons.
by hopler 8y ago
"Attaboy" is obsolete for obvious reasons.
- JMTQp8lwXL 8y ago"Guy" is frequently used in gender-neutral contexts. "You guys" can include females in the group.
- walshemj 8y agoNot sure why your voted down its common usage now - being older it struck me as odd 20 years ago first hearing a female colleague use it in this way.
- chewbacha 8y agoI think because it's unrelated to the original comment. "Guys" was not in question, "attaboy" was. Using "guys" as an argument would be a strawman regardless if the rationale is correct. WRT "guys"; I know of at least two companies (and I work at one) which try to encourage the use of other pronouns in place to "guys" in order to be more inclusive.
- JMTQp8lwXL 8y agoThe point was, attaboy could be used in the same way that "guys" is. I don't see how that's a straw man fallacy. Also, companies promoting switching pro-nouns is an ineffective way to get people to be more inclusive. It's a band-aid. You be inclusive by actually being inclusive.
- chewbacha 8y agoSeems to me that respecting someone’s feelings of “exclusion” by using pronouns that make them feel included is “being inclusive” Not every company need change, but if a pretty minor change can have a big impact on someone’s happiness and feeling of belonging, I’m willing to change.
- OJFord 8y agoOh yes, because boys are obsolete, obviously.