[clug] What? There's women on this list! Since when?! [WAS: Google compared to latest Microsoft evilness]

[Lana Brindley]

I'm a single individual, so what I do is quite probably different to what
you would feel comfortable doing. I'm on a few all-female and mostly-female
lists, though, and as a general rule we still stick to gender-neutral terms.
The appropriate word varies depending on the situation, and quite often it's
just not required. If you're uncertain, write something different.

Instead of saying "Could any of you blokes help me out?", why not say "Could
anyone on the list help me out?"

Let's all try and be just a *little* bit inclusive, shall we?

L

2009/7/11 steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>

> What do you call you women friends on other lists?
>
> Are they your 'mates'?
> For me that term came from the country and WW II and was male, but terms
> (like 'gay') get overloaded with new meanings...
>
> And the beat goes on :-)
>
> cheers
> steve
>
>
> Lana Brindley wrote on 11/7/09 10:57 AM:
> > 2009/7/11 Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au>
> >
> >> People
> >>
> >> We are way off topic here but...
> >>
> >> What is the argument about? Last time I counted it was actually a fair
> bet
> >> to assume 'male' on this list. Regardless of what some of you feel, this
> is
> >> a fact. So I expect that whatever term we use most will read 'male'
> anyway.
> >
> >
> > You can assume all you like. But I'm not male. And I don't appreciate
> people
> > assuming that I am.
> >
> > You might read 'male' for things on this list. But I don't.
> >
> > There's nothing that is discussed on this last that is exclusively
> > male-related.
> >
> > L
> >
>
>
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Cheers! Lana

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be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time
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