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The 'man' command is named that because its short for 'manual', it has nothing to do with 'men'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_pages https://en.wikipedi
by miah_ 13y ago
The 'man' command is named that because its short for 'manual', it has nothing to do with 'men'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_pages
- lowboy 13y agoThe etymology is inoffensive, but the term itself is still exclusionary by way of "man" also being a gendered term. We are (and should be) more cognisant of these issues these days.
- dreamfactory2 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym
- noddingham 13y agoNo, you're wrong. "man" is the obvious abbreviation for "manual" when trying to reduce the number of characters used. Not once as a teenager learning unix shell commands did gender (or cultural stereotypes) enter my mind when using the 'man' command, but I guarantee it does when looking at the 'bro' command.
- Shish2k 13y agoIf something is obviously not meant to be offensive, but by some coincidence it is, then we should be offended by it? One day I hope to live in a world where people judge text by what it means, not which particular squiggly patterns ended up on the screen...
- skybrian 13y agoWe should trust that they meant well, but still tell them their fly is down. It's not that big a deal as long as you fix it.