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Re:Use 'egg-producing' not 'female', call to phase out binar... by bell-cot on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:34PM (#34826665)
> The world has a lot bigger equity problems than words like "man" or "woman".

Yes...but if you are a zealous-enough ideologue in your little web bubble of linguistic one-upmanship, then you can get away with doing nothing actually useful about real-world problems.

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Re:Use 'egg-producing' not 'female', call to phase out binar... by metadat on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:39PM (#34826750)
I kept editing and arrived at the same conclusion. Thanks for the call-out.
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Re:Use 'egg-producing' not 'female', call to phase out binar... by bell-cot on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:03PM (#34827108)
You need to stop using any sort of written, signed, or spoken language - out of basic respect for those who are not able to do so, or who make the personal choice not to do so.
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