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Given you talked about "facilities" I would assume that you were talking about a professional environment, so assuming an adult seems fine to me. Whether man h
by rkangel 4y ago
Given you talked about "facilities" I would assume that you were talking about a professional environment, so assuming an adult seems fine to me.
Whether man has been correct and standard usage in the past is fairly irrelevant. People's attitudes towards gender have changed (for the better), and so our view of what is 'good' and 'bad' in written English have changed too. Particularly in a male dominated industry where women don't feel welcome, using phrasing that implies a job is only done by men is fairly unfriendly to half the population. It's not hard to use "person" or "they" or other gender neutral language and eliminate this particular problem.
Language is a tool to express our thoughts. As our thoughts change, so does language. If you don't give a shit about women in technology (or anywhere else) then fine, but don't be surprised if people who do then call you on it.
- PostOnce 4y agoOld Ideas, Old Culture, Old Customs, and Old Habits must be destroyed eh? We've been here before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds The reason I was in that factory today is because the woman who runs the tech company I work for sent me there, lol. But go ahead, explain to me what a chauvinist oppressor I am. I don't think it is language that keeps women out of tech, and I don't think this flash in the pan cultural moment is going to change our habits on a word that is older than writing.
- tssva 4y ago"Given you talked about "facilities" I would assume that you were talking about a professional environment, so assuming an adult seems fine to me." Using "man" as general term to refer to a person of any sex is wrong, but assuming a colonialist Western cultural norm regarding child labor is ok?