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Old 28th May 2011 | 21:49
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Whirlygig

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From: Propping up bars in the Lands of D H Lawrence and Bishop Bonner
I would be very happy to not answer the questions and smile sweetly.
Really.

It's not a question of the grass being greener as, oddly, I have no desire to be male; it's a question of being taking seriously. A message which still isn't getting through.

Why don't these two women lobby PPRuNe management to start a new women-only forum if they feel so strongly about trivia like grammar. In the English language, the masculine includes the feminine and it has done so for centuries.
Personally, I don't have any problem with apparent "masculine" terms encompassing both sexes and bizarrely, I don't think there should be any place for a "Women's Forum" anymore than I think there should be a need for the BWPA.

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Whirls
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