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do not use 'gals'.....i've been told that is offensive here in the south (i'm a yankee transplant) On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Kevin Carmical <kev...@uca.edu> wrote: > So say we all. > > > Kevin Carmical > Network Support > UCA > BBA 107 > 501-450-3107>>> <deles...@gmail.com> 9/27/2012 1:52 PM >>> > Maybe one of the folks here there aren't laywers but likes to give legal > advice, that covers the use of male language to be for shortness in > responses and no way indicate gender bias so we can all get back to talking > about network :( > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network > > -----Original Message----- > From: JC Dill <jcdill.li...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:36:03 > To: <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: guys != gender neutral > > On 27/09/12 11:10 AM, Jo Rhett wrote: > > Or when actually referring to persons of mixed gender, here's a quote > > from something I posted in a private forum (my own journal) which is > > safe for export: > >> Because frankly, we're all in this together and honestly everyone loves > the competition. The guys I race with often come find me afterwards and > tell me where they got past me, or ask me how I kept passing them. The > really fast girls rarely want more than a beer to go out on the track and > give you a detailed breakdown on what you are doing wrong. We all help each > other. > > > > In this situation I'm leaving it up the reader to grasp that I'm not > saying that the girls are all faster than the boys, but I believe it's > understood in context as the topic was about how peers help each other out. > > It's NOT helping to equivocate "guys" and "girls"! > > Guys and gals = equivalent > Boys and girls = equivalent > Guys and girls != equivalent > > All the TV shows that refer to female contestants as "girls" are not > helping when they (universally) refer to the males as "guys". Unless > you refer to the male contestants (on TV) or team members (at work) as > "boys" you shouldn't be using the word "girls" to refer to the females. > > > > I really wish that english had better pronouns for this. > > I really wish folks would dig a bit deeper into the thesaurus to find > appropriate words. One can use a variety of gender neutral words with > some simple re-writing. Remember, it's perfectly OK to employ singular > "they" as well. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they > > jc > >
