Timeline for Gendered pronoun usage
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Oct 8, 2016 at 4:36 | comment | added | user18072 | +1 just to offset one of the downvotes you get from the people who obsess about PC-ness. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 13:50 | comment | added | quid | @CapeCode rare or not (I don't think it's that rare by the way) this is what the question was about. If you find it irrelevant tell the asker about it. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 13:44 | comment | added | Cape Code | @quid you seem to be the only one worried about that. The general issue is the use of gendered pronouns to describe generic people, like someone's adviser. It's very rare that we refer to other users in a way that would require pronouns. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 13:33 | comment | added | quid | @CapeCode Of course addressing specific users of this site is the issue. Please read the comments on OP where I specifically asked for clarification on this point. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 7:24 | comment | added | Cape Code | I like your other answer better. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 7:22 | comment | added | Flyto | @cape code that was one point out of three, and it was one on which I recommended no action. The point that you raise is exactly my point 3. Care to reconsider your down vote? | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 7:14 | comment | added | Cape Code | @Dilaton it's perfectly possible to write in proper English, respecting all the rules of grammar, and formulate things in a way that does not mention people's gender. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 7:12 | comment | added | Cape Code | Down voted because the issue of guessing users gender by their username or profile picture is not the issue here. Often the people referred to in a question are not the OP but advisors, TA, students, etc. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 1:35 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | +1 to Simon W, btw | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 1:33 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | @Dilaton What is this definition/measurement of "most academics", given that academia exists outside North America and most importantly outside STEM? | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 11:16 | comment | added | Flyto | @Dilaton Hah! I recommend that you have a skim of blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/03/08/…. You might be surprised about what "most academics" do. But, you have indeed explained why you disagree with encouraging gender neutrality - because if you don't think there is any problem, then it does make sense that asking people to change their language is an unwarrented imposition. Thank you for that. | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 11:00 | comment | added | Dilaton | I mean it is enough to just estimate and treat others based on their knowledge, skills, qualifications, and personality, instead of being prejudiced based on things related to the physical appearance such as body height, gender, body weight, race, age, hair color or length etc. This is what most academics do among themself anyway, so there is no need (on an academic site) to embrace for example the messing up with perfectly correct gendered language advocated by PC advocates and busybodies. I am personally appaled by how far this crazy PC movement has gone in particular in the US ... | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 10:22 | comment | added | Flyto | @Dilaton I have explained the reasons above. Would you care to elaborate on how they are nonsensical? | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 10:20 | comment | added | Dilaton | No, dont mess up with gramatically correct language and pronouns to make them not even wrong for nonsensical PC reasons! | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 7:49 | comment | added | Flyto | Would anybody like to explain the downvotes? (I realise that they mean something different on meta, but a blind "NO" doesn't help discussion much...) | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 9:36 | history | answered | Flyto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |