[Ads-l] Berkeley and gender neutral words

[Mark Mandel]

Seconded!

MAM

On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 PM Alice Faber <afaber at panix.com> wrote:

> OK, the actual biased perception of gendered words like "fireman" *may*
> not be demeaning (and I agree that it's likely that the studies that
> Larry and I discuss don't directly address this issue). However, what is
> most definitely demeaning is the assertions in this thread that these
> usages don't both reflect and encourage bias.
>
> On 7/21/19 8:20 PM, Peter Reitan wrote:
> > To be clear, I wasn't talking about a particular study that made that
> > case or purported to make that case.
> >
> > I was responding to a characterization of some study said to be evidence
> > that some "gendered" words sometimes used generically in
> > non-gender-specific situations are actually perceived as "demeaning,
> > offensive, sexist or the like," as suggested by a poster.
> > The brief description of the study did not seem to support the
> > conclusion the poster attributed to it.
>
>

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