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Should probably just use "men" and "women", boys and girls, unless otherwise necessary, for clarity and simplicity. Someone offended by a lack of preemptive qu
by robbedpeter 5y ago
Should probably just use "men" and "women", boys and girls, unless otherwise necessary, for clarity and simplicity. Someone offended by a lack of preemptive qualifying verbiage is not worth placating. If they ask for different words, you can add them in later conversation.
Preemptively tacking on qualifiers can bury the actual meaning of the idea you're trying to communicate.
- corobo 5y agoCan or did? I'd rather placate the people that want to be involved than placate those that would exclude them, even if that is what is happening. If I'm doing that wrong, I'll change my ways. e.g the person saying that it hints towards folks not being men or women if they have transitioned and we use different words which is a fair point, I'll have to look into that. As for losing the meaning of my comment - A lot of my comments get downvoted because I'm crap at getting an idea down without editing it (we're on the 5th edit as I write). That is nothing new. If my comment is meaningless give it a downvote