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Re:Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth ... by thehogrammer on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:56PM (#19976360)
Ok so your beef is with the grammar, cool. "two programmers who identify as female" there ya go
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Re:Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth ... by zapzupnz on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @08:02PM (#19976403)
It goes from grammatically awkward to semantically awkward. I think OP/GP's point is that it's very odd that we go through hoops to avoid the clearest articulation of the point: "two female programmers".
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Re:Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth ... by oh_sigh on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:55PM (#19984832)
Perhaps we could just say 'two female programmers'
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