Trust Is at the Core of Software Marketing

Re:Trust Is at the Core of Software Marketing by gumby on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @11:04AM (#22170597)

I understand your pain, but I did the right thing. I used to do as you suggest but my message is a good example of the sexism problem as it would imply the stereotype of the dumb female humanities major.

The singular “they” has a long history.* Yes, words change (“elite”, “peas”, and even “you” as the article points out). But I think it is past time to put the tyranny of a prescriptivist plural-restricted “they” to bed.

https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they...

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Re:Trust Is at the Core of Software Marketing by dctoedt on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @12:38PM (#22171715)

I understand the sexism concern; in situations where the generic person is being portrayed in a possibly-negative light, I use "he" as the generic pronoun. (I'm male, incidentally; my late mother and MIL were, and my wife, daughter, sisters, and SILs are: (A) educated professionals, and (B) quite capable of ... how shall I put this ... taking umbrage if I say something sexist <g>.)

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