World gone mad!

[mudsticks]

Which highlights how it has been co-opted to reinforce the norms of a patriarchal society.

People look at me a bit funny if I say I'm taking a one, or two woman tent.camping.

But no one bats an eyelid if I (as a woman) say I'm taking a one man tent .

'Man' as the default norm, the doer, the possessor ..

It's the water we swim in so routinely, most folk don't even notice...

But it's all around us.

The fact that it sometimes sounds 'clunky' when we try to gender neutralise our language tells us all we need to know about what is, and has been seen as the 'primary' gender..

 

[glasgowcyclist]

People look at me a bit funny if I say I'm taking a one, or two woman tent.camping.

But no one bats an eyelid if I (as a woman) say I'm taking a one man tent .

'Man' as the default norm, the doer, the possessor ..

It's the water we swim in so routinely, most folk don't even notice...

But it's all around us.

The fact that it sometimes sounds 'clunky' when we try to gender neutralise our language tells us all we need to know about what is, and has been seen as the 'primary' gender..

I don’t think the word man is the problem here, more the loss of its neutrality. Maybe if we still used wer and wif (or whatever they could have grown into) to make the distinction where necessary and left man alone, the use of man in those relic terms such as two man tent, four man crew, or manholes would not have the exclusionary tone it now has.

 

[stephec]

They look good enough to eat, right enough, but the coating looks suspiciously like carob..

Not certain how I'd feel about that ..

They might enjoy being punished by being made to eat it.

 

[stephec]

That's much more like it. 'Gingerbread Gimps' makes it so much easier for everyone!

And who's going to get upset about that?

After watching Pulp Fiction again last week I'm not too keen if I'm honest.

 

[Deleted member 28]

What did Sainsbury’s say when you asked them why they’d used person and not man?

Why would I ask Sainsbury's when I have you good people to guide me through the 'World of Woke '?

 

[Deleted member 28]

Can you tell us yet, why gingerbread 'person' is so problematic to you though??

Words of one syllable will be fine, if you prefer 👍🏼

Pandering to idiots is a start.

 

[MrGrumpy]

....no not the cost either.

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Shep I agree ! It’s daft. I mean what about those folk whom have ginger hair ! It’s offensive to them as well !!

 

[MrGrumpy]

I don’t think the word man is the problem here, more the loss of its neutrality. Maybe if we still used wer and wif (or whatever they could have grown into) to make the distinction where necessary and left man alone, the use of man in those relic terms such as two man tent, four man crew, or manholes would not have the exclusionary tone it now has.

Nobody gave it a thought at all until , folk all of a sudden we’re offended by the use of certain gender terms in items/things. We have bigger problems that need addressed other than what a supermarket decides to call their non binary/queer/lesbian/gay gingerbread ( insert pro noun of choice :-)

 

[winjim]

Nobody gave it a thought at all until , folk all of a sudden we’re offended by the use of certain gender terms in items/things. We have bigger problems that need addressed other than what a supermarket decides to call their non binary/queer/lesbian/gay gingerbread ( insert pro noun of choice :-)

Those are adjectives.

 

[Deleted member 28]

Shep I agree ! It’s daft. I mean what about those folk whom have ginger hair ! It’s offensive to them as well !!

They deserve everything they get!

At least the f**kers are stuck indoors with this weather.

 

[Mugshot]

I think Boldon might have a coronary if the current comedyfest continues.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Why would I ask Sainsbury's when I have you good people to guide me through the 'World of Woke '?

Because if you truly wanted an answer to your question,👇

why is it important for some people that the term 'Man' is replaced with 'person'?

that’s what you would have done.

But you don’t want the answer, do you?

 

[Xipe Totec]

Man was a neutral term for adult humans, the words wer and wif were used to denote the male and female genders but gradually wer was replaced by man to mean what it does today. The wer part still lives on in werewolf though.

So the correct term for a female lycanthrope would be 'wifwolf'?

Every day's a schoolday!

 

[mudsticks]

Pandering to idiots is a start.

Is a start of what??

You've still not told us who or what a 'wokie' is, in your mind..

At the moment it's just sounding like the opposite of sleepy.

Would you self define as a sleepy??

 

[mudsticks]

So the correct term for a female lycanthrope would be 'wifwolf'?

Every day's a schoolday!

I might start using that 👍🏼