FishFright
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@mudsticks usually deals better with this sort of thing than most.
@mudsticks usually deals better with this sort of thing than most.
Not really much to deal with is there, we used to create Female names for jobs and now we don't.@mudsticks usually deals better with this sort of thing than most.
until then a bird who acts is an actress in my book.
Having a gendered word for an occupation does have the benefit of imparting extra information succinctly.
That's because male is the default gender, which is something we need to move past and is, to my mind, the whole focus of this debate.
@mudsticks usually deals better with this sort of thing than most.
The 'wife' in midwife is the pregnant person.only exception I can think of is midwife, which I don't recall ever having a male version
Excellent reason for not having a male version (in the case of humans)The 'wife' in midwife is the pregnant person.
P'raps use Midperson, just in case....The 'wife' in midwife is the pregnant person.
.....or "the mid" ??P'raps use Midperson, just in case....
It has already happened, though whether it denigrates grannies, or the rider with a very small third cog, I'm not sure (I'm the proud owner of two bikes with triples).I'm just biding my time time before venturing the opinion that "granny gear" is an unhelpful sexist piece of language. 😀
It has already happened, though whether it denigrates grannies, or the rider with a very small third cog, I'm not sure (I'm the proud owner of two bikes with triples).
I'm just biding my time time before venturing the opinion that "granny gear" is an unhelpful sexist piece of language. 😀
I'm sure I remember that conversation already happening on CC a while back.It has already happened, though whether it denigrates grannies, or the rider with a very small third cog, I'm not sure (I'm the proud owner of two bikes with triples).