Re: [Gendergap] He/she vs. she/he

2011-12-28 Thread Bence Damokos
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Theo10011 wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Ryan Kaldari > wrote: >> >> 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-

Re: [Gendergap] Surplus women and World War I

2012-06-26 Thread Bence Damokos
Nice article, one thing I note is that the article focuses on Britain only although it has a very general title. (I am just noting, because even today most countries seem to have "surplus women"[1], so there is surely more to a topic with this title both in the context of other countries fighting i

Re: [Gendergap] Surplus women and World War I

2012-06-26 Thread Bence Damokos
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: > >> >> Also, the topic of surplus males is probably more timely today and I've >> thought about writing an article about it, so this certainly is relevant. >> > > That would be very interesting! > > >> So this is quite a big topic - though I'