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• Well strictly speaking ... (Score:2)

  by grantm (164)

  "He" is not gender neutral.

  To put my pedant hat on, I must point out that dictionarys do in fact indicate a gender neutral definition for "he". My Concise Oxford, for example, says "a person ... of unspecified sex".

  I wouldn't deny for a moment that such meanings are considered dated now. It's pretty hard to overlook the obvious male bias in the word. As both you and Adam point out, the English language lacks a comfortable alternative. Perhaps you'd like to coin one?

  There's a bit of a chicken-and-
  • Re:Well strictly speaking ... (Score:1)

    by tanifa (7031)

    It is also a fact though that while there have been a number of women attend meetings of the Perl Mongers group in question, only one has ever given a talk and that was a lightning talk - about PHP even :-).

    is that a challenge?
    • Re:Well strictly speaking ... (Score:2)

      by grantm (164)

      is that a challenge?

      Would you volunteer to present if it was? If so, yes it was :-)
      • Re:Well strictly speaking ... (Score:1)

        by tanifa (7031) on 2006.06.22 18:24 (#48372)

        I can talk apon soap. howzat?

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