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The only sexism evident here is your own. Why did you assume that "mom" is the dominant descriptor in the term "mommy blogger" rather than "blogger" or the whol

The only sexism evident here is your own. Why did you assume that "mom" is the dominant descriptor in the term "mommy blogger" rather than "blogger" or the whole term? Why did you jump on the chance to cry sexism without knowing the definition of the term you were taking issue with? "Mommy blogger" is a term with a specific meaning, not just a synonym for mother. It seems that the language police have been ramping up their efforts recently on HN. That is extremely unfortunate. Reading comments would be a much better experience if the pseudo-causeheads would at least attempt a rational discourse.

zalew 14y ago
I once said something about teenage coders and someone raised the ageism banner. Political correctness is getting natzee in here sometimes, like we got binders full of women or sth.
acdha 14y ago
> Why did you assume that "mom" is the dominant descriptor in the term "mommy blogger" rather than "blogger" or the whole term? If he'd meant "blogger" generically he could simply have used the word unmodified. Instead, he specialized it by using a gendered term to repeat a common stereotype about a broad class of people. Have you ever heard anyone use a neutral or male identified term in a context like this? Would the point have any way been worse as “No sports-blogger“ or “No photo-blogger”? As for your attempt to claim that this is somehow due to my not knowing the definition of the term, I would note that your choice to resort to personal attacks rather comically undercuts your proclaimed desire for “rational discourse”.
- obstacle1 14y ago
  >Have you ever heard anyone use a neutral or male identified term in a context like this? How about "brogrammer"? >your choice to resort to personal attacks rather comically undercuts your proclaimed desire for “rational discourse”. It's actually not ad hominem, since I'm using your own words against you. What you typed betrays latent sexism. I'm not just calling you a sexist without evidence.

zalew 14y ago

I once said something about teenage coders and someone raised the ageism banner. Political correctness is getting natzee in here sometimes, like we got binders full of women or sth.

acdha 14y ago

> Why did you assume that "mom" is the dominant descriptor in the term "mommy blogger" rather than "blogger" or the whole term? If he'd meant "blogger" generically he could simply have used the word unmodified. Instead, he specialized it by using a gendered term to repeat a common stereotype about a broad class of people. Have you ever heard anyone use a neutral or male identified term in a context like this? Would the point have any way been worse as “No sports-blogger“ or “No photo-blogger”? As for your attempt to claim that this is somehow due to my not knowing the definition of the term, I would note that your choice to resort to personal attacks rather comically undercuts your proclaimed desire for “rational discourse”.

obstacle1 14y ago
>Have you ever heard anyone use a neutral or male identified term in a context like this? How about "brogrammer"? >your choice to resort to personal attacks rather comically undercuts your proclaimed desire for “rational discourse”. It's actually not ad hominem, since I'm using your own words against you. What you typed betrays latent sexism. I'm not just calling you a sexist without evidence.