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DiscussionShower thought about women politicians
Could it be because most men these days have shameful sexual secrets that can be documented, and most women don't?
Is there a lot of blackmail going on? Perhaps driven by foreign intelligence? This sort of thing was a Soviet specialty. Or maybe by the Peter Thiels and Elon Musks of this world? Or why not both?
Kamala Harris just called Donald Trump a sexual predator . Was Biden ever that explicit? If not, why not?
A lot of people were very naive about privacy back in the early days of the internet. Boomer men especially. Many still are.
Are we ladies disrupting the gentlemen's agreement to stay silent about what gentlemen have been getting up to?
As if.
Back in the day I used to just default to "they" for everyone. I can't be the only one.
I know that most users on here have an issue with the universal "they" in some cases, which is understandable if you're referring to someone directly by their name or even including a picture and that they're clearly male/female, and yet, you use "they" to describe them frequently without a she/he thrown in, I completely understand that and it's ridiculous. But I use these pronouns frequently for generalizing statements or for anonymity..
I used it 3 times in this post. (not including quotations)
My kids do this and I think it’s because of Rick Riordan books and/or kids’ tv. We’ve been pretty supervisory but there are things that slip through, and if I clamp down harder, it will just make them rebel more when they’re older.
It’s starting to become standard usage. It drives me bananas. Like, the local news uses “they” when discussing a local politician who is not gender special in any way and I’ve heard it in commercials.
It’s so terrible because it makes language unclear. If you’re talking about Mary Smith, local female politician and you just toss in a “they” when listeners heard her speak and you also have been using “she” it just causes confusion.
I hate speakers using "they/them" for any damn reason, but it does make me feel good to think that someday TIMs would all be called "they" just like everyone else. No gender special pronoun feefees. hehe
Lol exactly. There is a 99.9% chance that this was totally accidental
lmao at this one comment