Salon publishes 33% fewer articles, traffic grows 40%

Re:Salon publishes 33% fewer articles, traffic grows 40% by sliverstorm on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @04:46PM (#3563773)

Are gendered words inherently sexist? E.g., is "He"/"She" sexist now?

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Re:Salon publishes 33% fewer articles, traffic grows 40% by ceol on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @11:11PM (#3564999)

No, not all gendered words are sexist, but gendered insults and slurs are.

I'm sorry if that was not clear from my original comment.

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Re:Salon publishes 33% fewer articles, traffic grows 40% by TruthElixirX on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @05:09PM (#3563860)

Gendered words aren't sexist (he/she), they are descriptive in the same way that black/white are.

Bitching is the (sort of) equivalent of the word niggardly. Niggardly has no etymological roots with nigger, but they sound similar and niggardly means stingy/miserly/has negative connotations. Lets pretend for a second that they are derived from the same root (They're not but I lack a better example off the top of my head).

Saying black would not be the same as saying niggardly.

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Re:Salon publishes 33% fewer articles, traffic grows 40% by sliverstorm on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @05:29PM (#3563941)

I must have misheard you. Did you just try to tell me that "niggardly" is a racist word because it sounds like "nigger"?

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Re:Salon publishes 33% fewer articles, traffic grows 40% by TruthElixirX on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @05:30PM (#3563946)

No. That wasn't my point. I guess I did not communicate it very well.

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