| rainmaker |
Thu Apr 15, 2004 05:51pm |
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Originally posted by rulesmaven
I do get it.
I might argue that the more progressive approach is to not use either the designation "men's" or "women's" unless it's unclear from context.
Your assumption seems to be that if I'd been discussing the women's Connecticut semifinal instead of the men's that I would have put the word "women's" in there. I'm not so sure I would have if it was equally clear from context what game I was talking about. What if I would have simply said, "In the second national semi, there was an interesting issue when the Minnesota player appeared to be allowed to check in, notwithstanding Auriemma's objection, although no time had expired on the clock"?
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Great point. Yea, in the case of Minnesota, it's not necessary to specify which semi-final. Nor in the case of Duke, at least not this year. Putting in neither designation is okay, too, as an overall policy. But in the case of Connecticut this year, I think it would still be best to specify. Not so much on the basis of gender-discrimination, but just for clarity of thinking -- namely, mine!
And you get lots of points for spelling that Connecticut coach's name correctly. WOW!!! |
