Re: RE : Man, oh manea (fwd)

["Eileen A. Schauermann" <eas001@NS1.WMDC.EDU>]

I always like to ask MEN if it is okay if from NOW on we say
WOMAN instead of MAN when we mean all
genders, and "she" instead of " he" when we mean all genders.
"We hold these truths to be Self evident:that all Men are created equal
and independent;"
Did that mean Women too?  You bet it didn't!!!
Another example: teach little kids that "xenoprz" means all the wobats
sometimes, but only the wobats with a blue appendage on their
noses other times. You can tell from
the context of the sentence which is intended. And you may notice that
the "blue appendaged wobats" are the usual heads of the
Farwomp, but no matter, it doesn't mean anything. And it does
happen in some places that the blueies have most of the coinage of
the realm, but , hey, that's just by chance.............
Don't you get it, little girl?


We already have words that we can use instead of MAN: how about people,
humans.  I intend to use that good Dewey stuff, but will change it to
"HUMANS" and it will say much more.

I too am of a "certain age".

 Eileen Schauermann,
Librarian, St. John School, Westminster, Md 21157 eas001@ns1.wmdc.edu

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