One of the challenging things for me right now is to go back and forth
between this list, and the Facebook "Contra Dancers" group, which is
having this same conversation. There are over 3000 members of this
latter group. I encourage those of you who are interested to join that
group, since there is a lot being said. Luke, you may want to post
your email.....the Facebook group would have lots to say!
warmly, Linda
On Jan 2, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013, Luke Donforth wrote:
Warning, this is a rambling e-mail that shares my thought
processes, rather
than a brief statement of a conclusion, because I may have missed a
turn
along the way:
;-)
Independent of the Babylon 5 reference, I've actually been thinking
about
colors as an option for role labels. There are lots of color names
to chose
from. While I like green and purple, I'd prefer a one syllable
color over
purple. Possible something that starts with L or W instead of
purple, so
that folks with prior phonemic tendencies have less cognitive
dissonance.
Two syllables is part of the point, actually. It increases the
distinction for those who are hearing impaired (like me, deaf with
cochlear implant). Purple/green are also easy to say, they have
essentially zero tongue-twister tendency (say them in any order five
times fast).
So yeah, I was making a joke, but if you're going to pick a couple of
colors, it would be somewhat difficult to do better than purple/green.
As a sub-part of this conversation; is the quest for something to
supplement/replace the gents/ladies terminology in mainstream
dances (which
I think is highly unlikely in the foreseeable future), or replace
barearms/armbands in the gender free scene? While I see a value in
coming
up with useable gender neutral terminology, I think it'll be an
uphill
battle to convince many people to leave behind a system that is
working
just fine for them. The only way I see gender-neutral terms being
adopted
near-universally is if the new terms are in some way better for the
people
who don't give a hoot about the gender neutral cause. It's sadly
cynical,
but its my prediction.
Mostly agreed. Since I'm new here, did someone previously post a
summary answering this? Give me a rough date and I'll look it up in
the
archives.
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