Politically incorrect?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

That's insulting? Disagree. That's amazingly petty. Astoundingly petty. Beyond belief petty. PC out-of-control petty.

Just my petty opinion.....

IMO it's not merely PC. For a very brief, fact-based account of gendered pronouns, see Carolyn Jacobson's (Penn) handout:
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~cjacobso/gender.html

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mbyron

IMO it's not merely PC. For a very brief, fact-based account of gendered pronouns, see Carolyn Jacobson's (Penn) handout:
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~cjacobso/gender.html

The "handbook of non-sexist writing", eh? "Mankind" is now a bad word?

"Fact-based"?

OK.......

This is a no-win argument and a wobw. I'm done.