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I think that for the sake of backwards compatability with the linguistic upbringing of most English speakers, we should use "men" to refer to both human genders
by true_religion 15y ago
I think that for the sake of backwards compatability with the linguistic upbringing of most English speakers, we should use "men" to refer to both human genders.
If this means that male gendered individuals will have to be pluralized as "males" and never "men", then that's something we should live with.
- elemenohpee 15y agoHow about "people"?
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- jtheory 15y agoThat was tongue-in-cheek, I think. Imagine changing all of the restroom signs from "men" to "males", because "men" would signify "bathroom for everyone". Or seeing in the newspaper "The blast killed 22 men, including 3 that were pregnant".