Re: DIS: Master/Mistress, gender inclusivity

I'll support finding another term if it means not having to have this argument. On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 18:29, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 1:33 PM Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > > > > I was reading the ruleset and found that Master is a masculine noun. > > > Mis

Re: DIS: Master/Mistress, gender inclusivity

> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 1:33 PM Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > > I was reading the ruleset and found that Master is a masculine noun. > > Mistress is the feminine version. A quick google search of the definition > > of master brought up this too: > > > > noun > > 1. a man who has people working for him

Re: DIS: Master/Mistress, gender inclusivity

While I agree that we should seek gender-inclusive language, I also think it should be noted that the inclusion of "a man" is not universal. The Google definition includes gender-neutral versions as sub-definitions and Wiktionary doesn't include it in al

DIS: Master/Mistress, gender inclusivity

I was reading the ruleset and found that Master is a masculine noun. Mistress is the feminine version. A quick google search of the definition of master brought up this too: noun 1. a man who has people working for him, especially servants or slaves. 2. a man in charge of an organization or group