RE: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

[Sunnanvind]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Michelle Peglar wrote:
> I'm personally in favour of the webadmin idea.  I don't really see a need
> for gender specific language in any job title or generic name..   It's one
> of my personal soap box topics - I think we should all get rid of using
> gender specific language when referring to something or someone that could
> possibly be male or female.  

I disagree - imagine having two regents instead of a king or a queen, or hm..
perhaps it's not such a bad idea in english after all.
Surely it will avoid sillinesses like 'mistress', which used to mean 'lover' in
auld england if I'm not guessing totally wrong.
How about the priest/priestess thing? We certainly can have a male priestess,
but what to call that person?

Anyway, in Sweden I think it's generally tacky. That's such a tangled web you
wouldn't believe unless you went to like, France where it's nine times worse.

Sunnan
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