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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:50 PM Original message |
Herstory? |
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pocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why not make it gender neutral? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. who the f* cares. stupid. as a woman i get pissed at a woman |
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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Why not try to understand that certain words shouldn't invoke gender. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. There's no gender involved at all. Check the etymology. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Indeed. In Spanish the word is historia and "his" means nothing in Spanish |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. It IS Gender neutral. There is no "his" in "history". |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Right on! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good. F@*king. Grief. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. This is not really that big a deal. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 07:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I don't like it when people mess around with the language for ideological |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Point is- |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I just don't like people changing words for political purposes. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 07:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I understand how it may seem manipulative |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I do. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Did you come across something written by Mary Daly recently or something? |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. I always thought it was a silly point to make. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Are we certain |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Actually we're quite sure that there is no 'his' in |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. LOL! Quit referring to "ham"! |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. "History" means "The study of the past using written records." |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. now don't throw a hersy fit about it... |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. you get disgusted easily |
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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It's not funny. . .and too many people agree with this clap trap. |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. get yourself a beer and lighten up |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Who's "we"? |
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wrathofkahn (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. What a load of shit! |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. eh, I hate euphemisms as much as the next person |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Of all the things happening in the world right now |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sure, as long as we change "menopause." |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. I like "Mystory" |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. That's going overboard. |
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