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I can't seem to find the claim in the post where the journal editors actually said "this can't be publishable, period". I am pretty sure that when the physics

by jckt 12y ago

I can't seem to find the claim in the post where the journal editors actually said "this can't be publishable, period". I am pretty sure that when the physics journal editor rejects your paper, she isn't even actually saying "this can't be published in a physics journal", she's really saying "this can't be published in this physics journal" (unless she says otherwise, explicitly, of course).

grkvlt 12y ago
> she isn't even actually saying Why not go with "they aren't even actually saying" rather than the faux-affirmative-action sexism of using "she" there? This really grates with me, even more so when used with traditionally male-dominated roles, such as physicists or system administrators. Yes, you're freaking out the squares with your right-on craziness, but it's really rather childish. If you (100% rightly) want to be non-sexist, use a gender-neutral phrase, such as in my example above.
- jckt 12y ago
  You're easily irritated, no? Maybe I'm a girl and, try as I might to say "he" all the time (to avoid comments like yours), the one time it slips and I say "she" the Internet thinks it's all about some "femi-nazi" agenda of mine? Chill out and talk to me about sexism/feminism/SJW when it's actually relevant (clue: not here).
  - neurobro 12y ago
    Maybe. Or maybe your wording was intentional, politically motivated, and equally as out-of-place as the attention it predictably draws.
    - jckt 12y ago
      I feel bad derailing this thread further, but you know bloody nothing about me. My comment was on-topic. grkvlt's was not, regardless of what he thinks I meant with that one pronoun (which was wrong, anyway). Maybe you should realise that sane women, just as much as sane men, don't think pronouns will "solve" sexism. If I'm referring to a specific person, I'll be specific. If it's some random imaginary person, it's none of your bloody business what pronoun I choose.
      - grkvlt 12y ago
        Sure, but if I were to strip away the inflammatory comments, I'd still be left with the question of why you chose to assume the journal editor was female. Since this is unusual in the physics world, it sort of looks like you have an agenda. Therefore, it would have been more helpful to use gender neutral language, rather than simply flipping the gender over and hoping that makes up for it.
- PhasmaFelis 12y ago
  Your trolling is transparent and uninspired. 2/10.

by jckt 12y ago

grkvlt 12y ago

> she isn't even actually saying Why not go with "they aren't even actually saying" rather than the faux-affirmative-action sexism of using "she" there? This really grates with me, even more so when used with traditionally male-dominated roles, such as physicists or system administrators. Yes, you're freaking out the squares with your right-on craziness, but it's really rather childish. If you (100% rightly) want to be non-sexist, use a gender-neutral phrase, such as in my example above.

jckt 12y ago
You're easily irritated, no? Maybe I'm a girl and, try as I might to say "he" all the time (to avoid comments like yours), the one time it slips and I say "she" the Internet thinks it's all about some "femi-nazi" agenda of mine? Chill out and talk to me about sexism/feminism/SJW when it's actually relevant (clue: not here).
- neurobro 12y ago
  Maybe. Or maybe your wording was intentional, politically motivated, and equally as out-of-place as the attention it predictably draws.
  - jckt 12y ago
    I feel bad derailing this thread further, but you know bloody nothing about me. My comment was on-topic. grkvlt's was not, regardless of what he thinks I meant with that one pronoun (which was wrong, anyway). Maybe you should realise that sane women, just as much as sane men, don't think pronouns will "solve" sexism. If I'm referring to a specific person, I'll be specific. If it's some random imaginary person, it's none of your bloody business what pronoun I choose.
    - grkvlt 12y ago
      Sure, but if I were to strip away the inflammatory comments, I'd still be left with the question of why you chose to assume the journal editor was female. Since this is unusual in the physics world, it sort of looks like you have an agenda. Therefore, it would have been more helpful to use gender neutral language, rather than simply flipping the gender over and hoping that makes up for it.
PhasmaFelis 12y ago
Your trolling is transparent and uninspired. 2/10.