Sunday, April 15, 2012
Week 12 Question 2
I took an English class a year or so ago and we discussed in detail "gender roles." I have come to the consensus that no one will ever be completely happy with where they fall, or what kind of language is used. I do think that we should try to be as neutral as possible in our speaking, if only to sound more professional. The book basically says to try to remain neutral. The Flickr pages show a lot of different opinions, some similar to myself-I feel that it isn't insulting to call a grown woman "girl." So many of the "acceptable" and politically correct terms have been changed as to not offend anyone. One day there won't be anything left to choose from. It is frustrating to me that we are using so much of our time on this when we could just be speaking about our topic. I plan to use as neutral of terms as I can. Someone may always be offended. You just have to try your best.
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I feel the same way that you do on this one. I really do not care if someone uses a gender neutral word or not, I really do not see why some people would be upset over something as small as this, unless of course the word that someone used was meant to be insulting. I feel that we as a society today focus way too much of our energy on being "politically correct" in order to prevent from offending someone else. It's almost impossible to live one's life and never offend anyone. But at the same time I also believe that if we can, we should use language that won't make someone mad.
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