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throwaway981
12y ago
Yet if neither men nor women wish to change their own language, why must it be changed? Sometimes HN reminds me of Christian missionaries: interposing themselves into foreign cultures that they do not understand and saying "No! No! It&
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throwaway981
12y ago
There seems to be a culture clash on HN. On one side there is California, where "dick wagging" is an unnecessary instance of gendered language, certain to drive women out of the tech industry. On the other side there's the re