Thread: Gender neutral

Originally Posted by laney

So my daughter is in university and has been told that students must refrain from saying male, female, he,she ,him or her so what do you call them I was brought up that if it had a d##k it was a male and if not a female. Now I don't believe in freedom of speech as it's not free as hundreds of thousands died in wars so we could have liberated speech but all the do gooders seem to be eroding this I think her lectures won't like me if I call them ******* when they tell me I must talk gender neutral at her next open day.

My wife and I got married right when the whole gay marriage thing was coming in. We had to fill the forms out twice because the legislation changed. 1st original form said male, female, Bachelor, Spinster, mother, father
2nd time we had to fill it out to follow the new laws it's said male, female, other. Person 1 person 2 (bride and groom)
And then parents of instead of mother and father.
I'm not against people's personal choices but it's really getting out of hand now, i've heard of parents being told not to call their children boy or girl even.
It's a very touchy subject which really shouldn't be brought up here and no doubt will get this thread banned. (I sorta hope it does)
Cheers Jim

Is "W****R" not sexist? I mean that would be implying a male would it not?
Please Laney a little more respect!


Couldn't agree with you more!!

Oh and how silly that "W........R" gets censored on here.

Is '******' gender neutral? If so they probably wont complain. BTW, which university?

Just to add, was filling a form the other day. Instead of just a check box for 'male' or 'female' It asked - "what sex do you identify as" and gave some options.

Not going into what Uni this thread may get removed as some may find it offensive I find being told how to talk to someone offensive especially if my conversation has nothing to do with them do I apologise for what I believe not a chance.

Academic writing has been like that ever since I can remember, certainly when I did my post-grad and I'm pretty sure it was when I did my under-grad.

This is probably closer to the point:

Non-discriminatory language

Simple , we just need to stand up to these do gooders and not lower ourselves to their level.What are they going to do? I don't think there is a law yet banning the use of him, her, male, female, etc, etc, etc.

All this BS correctness is getting totally way out of control

Personally i don`t care what any of these touchy feel good pretend authority groups try and enforce as it wont cut the mustard with me

It doesn't change the way I see my personal gender and I don't give a damn what gender other people want to call themselves. Brains aren't wired precisely one way or the other depending on what's between your legs and I'll engage with a person's face not their crotch. Storm in a teacup, people.