English is guilty of gender discrimination

@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

@Daljinder...you gotta read this one..

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 May 16

When things get TOO PC, I cringe. I just do what I can at my personal ground zero: treat men and women with equal respect, pay them the same, etc.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

6 May 16

@vandana7

It's better than man in the word replaced by woman.

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myLot Prince (LOL)

@trivia79 (7828)

• El Segundo, California

6 May 16

i would like to add also the MANage, MANdible, MENopause and MENstruation

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

The last two in particular have nothing to do with men and still...lol

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myLot Prince (LOL)

@trivia79 (7828)

• El Segundo, California

6 May 16

@vandana7 hahaha...

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

6 May 16

@vandana7 I would have loved to see rickyroy's face reading Adam's response...

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louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

6 May 16

But horsepower is horsepower, not stallion or mare power lol

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

Well, that could be a different case...we could implead animal rights activists..

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

6 May 16

should donkeys protest about all the uses of horse-power?

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@louievill

Witty..

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

6 May 16

I would have to say you have been kind to the language, there are many wards containing 'man' for example 'human', why isn't it huwoman? If you want to sue someone it is not the creator of the dictionary (as he, and it was a he, simply collected the words together) but the inventor of the word and you would have to look so far back in time that the language was no longer English, but Anglo-Saxon - good luck with that law suit.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

You agreed there is gender bias..

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@rona07 (1641)

• Philippines

8 May 16

@vandana7 well in reality there was always gender bias.. And its not just the words that will prove that.

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

9 May 16

@vandana7 When I write I try to avoid gender bias, for example I use "they" when describing any unknown person whereas many writers solely us "he" or more recently "she", which is in my view as bad as any use of "he".

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

6 May 16

So you'd like to see the perpetrator in manacles? For mangling the English language? What mantra would you chant as you manhandled this individual onto the stockade?

. That was a manly attempt at humour, if you hadn't managed to spot it!

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

Too many men (man) there..lol. Good news was man aged...eventually..lol

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@garymarsh6

You missed out on Arthur Chapell's manhole..

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

7 May 16

@pgntwo I think Vanny MANaged to get you right there. I think you should admit defeat and knock out a tune on your Mandolin and sing to her from your MANuscripts in Mandarin. You could always send her a MANnequin with a MANdolin to grate her MANgoes. I dare say she will become MANgled with all this MANliness coming from the UK. Perhaps she could take her MANners and Mantras to MANila and relax in a MANSion. I think at this stage she is possibly Manic with laughter!

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

6 May 16

Never heard such a statement / accusation. And you provided proof too.

Ya think it would hold? Where should we petition?

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

If only I knew ...smh

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yugocean

@yugocean (9963)

• India

6 May 16

@Daljinder don't go evil, good girls go mad, I mean there is no womad

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

@yugocean

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@hora_fugit (5862)

• India

6 May 16

I will come back later. Meanwhile you enjoy some Womango.... this is the season now.

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@hora_fugit (5862)

• India

7 May 16

@vandana7 I was thinking even in other language, it's Aadami who does all the work but of course you can manipulate... There had been some discussion about manning the desk, don't remember exactly if the OP was allowed to use that term for herself.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@hora_fugit ..That is bad oMEN...

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

You got me thinking! If we are the product from chromosomes of our parents....then even fruits are...and that means they aren't essentially transgender...right? lol

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137553)

• India

6 May 16

There is more Just look at this She, Her, Woman, Mrs, Madam, Lady, female. There could be others All these words are constructed with the help of the male gender Just see for yourself.

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@hora_fugit (5862)

• India

7 May 16

Is Madam a male Adam....? lol And Laddy retains his gender :)

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@hora_fugit .. That sounds quite malevolent

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

Yeah..kinda consolation stuff...smh

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theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

6 May 16

I think back then, the world was better with no activists around and the women knew they were secure and better off. Today, it is the activists who have feeded (okay this is no word, but I have no idea what should go here, hope you get my version) them with being inferior because the activists of today can bring up anything for their own good and marketing

[Just my views on the lighter sides]

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

Do you really want to say that? I mean I could ask my daughter to divorce you ..

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theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

6 May 16

@vandana7 I mean I could ask my daughter to divorce you .

I retract my response written above... I cannot afford that happening anytime, though it is a different case, we havent seen each other for years now.... But I am still hopeful, someday I will make it to Pretoria.

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@rona07 (1641)

• Philippines

8 May 16

Well maybe because thats how it works a million years ago. Men were always the superior in those years. We will always taught to used a he everytime the gender is not specified. It is just in later years that we are able to prove that we are equal to them hence the gender descrimination act was conceived. Now we are more likely to use terms like firefighters instead of firemen, etc.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

8 May 16

@rona07 ... Not sure we Indians have it though..

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@rona07 (1641)

• Philippines

8 May 16

@vandana7 oh okay. That is why gender descrimination is a huge problem in india. I thought all countries have it now. The law just started a few years back. It is with regards to the UN human rights thingy. The government is here giving one month each year devoted for info drive regarding the law. As there are still women who didnot know their rights..

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 May 16

Is the gender discrimination act something from the Philippines?

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140102)

• Philippines

6 May 16

I think we need to blame the creator of a dictionary. They tend to exclude women in some terms and it violates gender equality.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

I like it when men agree on somethings...lol

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Mohammed Karjatwala

@karjatwala (1120)

• Pune, India

6 May 16

Or can we sue the Queen.....ha ha ha

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@hora_fugit (5862)

• India

7 May 16

@vandana7 But Sue is a lady too.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@hora_fugit ..and so is Guy a man

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

But she is Queen...lady...woman..find a guy to sue..

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471992)

• Switzerland

6 May 16

You are looking at the dictionary with a "feminist" approach. The word womanpower and womankind also exist. It also exist womanize.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

Meanings differ.. manpower means ..labor...womanpower does not mean women labor.. Mankind means human species, womankind means only women ...why? The number under mankind should only refer to men..should not include women..logically...

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

8 May 16

@LadyDuck .. I too feel not much positive has come of it. But there has to be a way out...wonder what..

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471992)

• Switzerland

6 May 16

@vandana7 In most ancient times men worked and women stayed at home and this was considered a privilege until the feminists wanted equality and now the women work double, at home and in the offices. I am not sure that this is progress.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26765)

• Singapore

6 May 16

I am myself more careful over the years with such usage. I see subtle changes in the media too but I get confused when terms like actors are used when referring to female gender - no harm in calling them actresses - siva

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

Yeah...most of the money comes because of actresses, and the guy pocket higher earnings.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26765)

• Singapore

7 May 16

@vandana7 Frankly, I don't see Indian films because they do not make sense to me - there are the exceptions of course. Not that I see others anyway. A few snippets through videos are enough. And I do not know why they make films pairing actors with those who could be just their grand daughters. Then I am reminded of one comedian responding to why he gets slapped all the time. His reply - they pay me for that! siva

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@Shiva49 ... The comedy is weird too...yeah..that was a weird response alright..lol

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Shasta

@cupkitties (7421)

• United States

6 May 16

Technically we're not excluded because woman= of man mankind refers to all humans including those "of men"

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@hora_fugit (5862)

• India

7 May 16

@vandana7 Things are either natural or man-made...

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

I demand separate recognition...they take credit for everything we also achieve..mankind did this mankind achieved this..even womankind did something, right? lol

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@hora_fugit MANufacture a baby and then tell me if it is natural or man-made

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Bluedoll

@Bluedoll (16773)

• Canada

6 May 16

manpower = enslavement sure you want that or maybe already do have?

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

No...what I object is even if it is women slaves they are only bothered about man and scheming to rescue men...

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 May 16

Comes from the Old Days, when men held most of the power.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

8 May 16

As if much has changed since then..lol

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@rona07 (1641)

• Philippines

8 May 16

@vandana7 yes i guess much has changed.. You can sue now if they violate the gender descrimination act..

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 May 16

@vandana7 Things are different here in the US.

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S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

6 May 16

In a bus here there is special seats for woman only general seats for men. When a tree plant , animal grow mature if that is male one it cuts mercilessly because it could not bear fruit. Then is word woman empowerment. I don't hear any word manempowerment.

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

Hello, in a society that is made up of almost 40 percent women and children, you reserve 20 percent seats for them, and feel they are getting special privilges?

Without those reservations, even those seats would not be spared for them. That is how unchivalrous our society is....and we were talking of man and woman...not bull and cow..

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

@shshiju ...Hey..I was joking..lol

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S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

6 May 16

@vandana7 Sorry for your feelings. In every field of society, democracy woman participation is Welcoming . India is such a great country with one of the woman prime minister. You can look at MLA or MP seats. Only Man's power pop ups when there is no active member from the other side. I don't think that woman are excluded.

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

6 May 16

yes, there should also be a "womankind"!

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

6 May 16

Womenkinder would be more appropriate than womankind..smh.lol

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@vandana7 (100531)

• India

7 May 16

@ridingbet ..awesome..

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

7 May 16

@vandana7 or better just yet... womankindest?!

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