Please read this article: https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/pep/index-fra.html?lang=fra&page=usage_7_gender_neutral_writing_questions_usage
'Not really, and "man_made" does not mean that it was made by males.' Yes it does. Why would society also use women-made? 'It seems to me that a lot of males like to speak for women on these issues. Why? Can't they speak for themselves?' Hence why I said who am I to decide! 'Marriam-webster: == Definition of man-made : manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings' https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/not-everything-is-man-made-13-amazing-inventions-you-can-thank-women-for/ Should we use the term man-made if it is made entirely by women? Also, check out the translations in the Collins dictionary - what do you notice? https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/man-made 'As I mentioned in another email, we do use terms such as midwife.' Midwife actually translates as 'with woman'. The wife part relates to the person giving birth. On Tue, 20 Oct 2020, 8:44 am Niels Elgaard Larsen, <elga...@agol.dk> wrote: > Robert Delmenico: > > > > I originally put the call out really to gauge if there was much interest > in changing > > the term man_made because of its use of 'man', and was interested in > hearing the > > thoughts from other mappers as really this proposal isn't just mine. If > there was no > > interest I would just abandon it and move on - that's how the system > works yeah? > > > > Here's my thoughts based on the feedback received so far > > > > Regardless of the origin of the term, the current use of 'man' is to > identify adult > > males. > > Not really, and "man_made" does not mean that it was made by males. > > > I don't think the use of 'man_made' offends women, but who am I to > decide that as I > > am a adult male. > > It seems to me that a lot of males like to speak for women on these issues. > Why? Can't they speak for themselves? > > > I feel that by using any masculine or feminine terms where a suitable > alternative > > exists instills the stereotypes based on these terms. > > Marriam-webster: > == > Definition of man-made > : manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings > == > > > > We don't refer to firefigters as firemen anymore, not do we refer to > airline > > attendants as airline hostesses. The world is changing and OSM should > adapt to these > > changes if there is enough interest from the OSM community. > > As I mentioned in another email, we do use terms such as midwife. > > > -- > Niels Elgaard Larsen > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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