On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Dominic dmcde...@cox.net wrote:
This is not entirely relevant (though quite fascinating). There is no
single definition of feminism, and its meaning is especially dependent on
cultural mores of their time and place. You might call Boudica, Elizabeth
I, or
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Yes, the traditional usage has been predominantly masculine, but in
modern usage, they is the dominant form. See my reply at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Gender-neutral_language#She_before_he.3F
Ryan Kaldari
On 12/28/11 4:50 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:06
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
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Yes, the traditional usage has been predominantly masculine, but in modern
usage, they is the dominant form. See my reply at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Gender-neutral_language#She_before_he.3F
I think the way grammatical gender and gender inequality relate is an
interesting topic, but this debate will get off-topic and technical
quite quickly. Nevertheless, I gave it a stab in my inline replies
below, along with hopefully a more useful observation.
On 12/28/11 8:08 PM, Theo10011
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Yes, the traditional usage has been predominantly masculine, but in modern
usage, they is the dominant form. See my reply at
