Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 22, 2020 10:29 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Loaded terms in free software by himi
Parent article: Loaded terms in free software

> And this is a fight that's actually being /won/. People have drastically reduced their usage of "mankind", in case you hadn't noticed - "humanity" or "humankind" are more generally acceptable

And if you're into what words actually MEANT - etymology and all tthat - man *IS* gender-neutral. And if history follows the same pattern as before (no guarantee there) people will soon be screaming that using the word "humanity" or "humankind" is sexist, becuase it will have acquired male overtones just like man did.

Cheers,
Wol

Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 22, 2020 13:42 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Err... you mean it was gender-neutral a thousand and more years ago.

I don't know about you, but I'm no longer speaking proto-Indo-European nor even Old English.