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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 07:42 PM Feb 2018

Did you know that "Chair" has reverted to "Chairman" at the fed?

The new chair has ostentatiously changed his title from Chair to Chairman.

It's such a simple thing. Like "humanity" or "humankind" instead of "mankind." And yet over and over, people and institutions that should know better use "mankind." Why????

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Did you know that "Chair" has reverted to "Chairman" at the fed? (Original Post) LAS14 Feb 2018 OP
Bumping, hoping to hear from some folks. nt LAS14 Feb 2018 #1
Sexism. SharonClark Feb 2018 #2
Misogynistic assholes, trying to erase women from humanity. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #3
He actually bothered to do that? nolabear Feb 2018 #4
He;s apparently making a poin that "HE'S A MAN!" Apparently that's important to him. SharonAnn Feb 2018 #5

SunSeeker

(51,559 posts)
3. Misogynistic assholes, trying to erase women from humanity.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:20 PM
Feb 2018

They want to make women mere incubators, less than fully human. To them, only a man is fully human. That is why they are so offended by unisex title names. To them, the worst thing you can do is call a man a woman, and a title that does not make clear the person is not a woman, is tantamount to slander.

SharonAnn

(13,775 posts)
5. He;s apparently making a poin that "HE'S A MAN!" Apparently that's important to him.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:28 PM
Feb 2018

He must be insecure about that.

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