(06-11-2015 01:11 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  More from the left on sexism...

Lib Rag Vox: Saying “You Guys” Is A Form Of “Creeping Sexism”…



Moonbat leftist disease is rampant...

Why I’m finally convinced it's time to stop saying "you guys"

Quote:The tech startup npm recently blogged about the unusual challenge some of its employees have agreed to participate in: they put a dollar in a glass jar every time they say “you guys.”

“We didn’t invent the idea, though I’m not sure where we first heard about it,” reads the company’s explanation on Tumblr. “But the idea is: if you believe that using the word ‘guys’ to describe a mixed-gender group of individuals is creeping sexism, and are trying to eliminate that word from your casual use, you put a dollar in the jar every time you do it accidentally.”

Yes, “creeping sexism.”

That sounds pretty intense. I’m a big user of “guys,” and when it was first brought to my attention that the phrase was frowned upon among leading feminist thinkers and people concerned with equality — especially in male-dominated workplaces — my reaction was “Oh, come on. It’s inaccurate, but it’s not actually hurting anyone.”

But I’ve changed my mind. As I read up on the issue, I realized that my kneejerk response (“but it doesn’t seem like that big a deal to me, personally, and changing would require effort on my part and that’s hard and tiring”) is nothing more than a very typical lazy excuse for avoiding the tiny tweaks to our lives that can, as a whole, make society more equal.

Now I’m convinced that “guys” — unless we are actually addressing a group of guys — has got to go.

OK, so they have too much time on their hands...

I've always felt a bit strange saying "you guys" if there are women, even though it's pretty well understood. Are you going to say "ladies and gentlemen" every time? Maybe we need a new term. Like "Y'all".

(06-11-2015 12:55 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Dadgum, sexist dinosaurs. Who knew.

Well, there were all femaie.

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