[Ads-l] Of age
Dave Hause
dwhause at CABLEMO.NET
Thu Feb 9 04:23:45 UTC 2017
"People of vaginity"?
Dave Hause
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From: Laurence Horn
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 1:57 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Of age
Assuming this always designates the marked category, are women “people of
sex”? Or just “persons of gender”?
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 2:31 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Heard on the news - Edward James Olmos discussing the AARP Movies for
> Grownups Awards refers to older people as - "people of age" - in the same
> way "people of color" is used.
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