Caroline Ford wrote: ... > > I doubt anyone has issues with being called "dude"... >
It's part of the male norm in the language... Well known examples: all classical sociology and philosophy texts use "he" and "man" to refer to humanity. But guess what, humanity is not all-male, and its standard therefore can't be male-ness... The social male-ness standard is there due to hegemonic power differences... The slang "dude" is no different, but less researched by feminist scholars, hence less publicized as part of the male-as-norm linguistic pattern... Of course, when one looks at this stuff with the hypocritical-by-nature term "political correctness" as one's mindset, nothing is problematic. After all, according to this mindset, we shouldn't use "bitch", "negro" et al. not because of their linguistic load (connections to hegemony), but simply because they are politically "incorrect". Unfortunately, at some point, everyone just forgot that the reason these and other linguistic patterns were attacked wasn't because they were "offensive", but because they were inextricably linked to social patterns of oppression... -- Please sync nmap 4.50-4 (main) from Debian unstable (main) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178888 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
