But from reading Slashdot, I'd swear we live in a world where life-and-death hinges on people doing complex color matching within milliseconds of leaping into any and every room of their homes... "Nein! Your sample has 1.4% too much cyan. Your mother dies."
We play photoshop tennis hardball where I am from. Welcome to the Thunderdome.
:) Fair enough. The point of gender non-specific language and my post was to make sure that the contributions of women, and non white males are not overshadowed and made invisible by their absence in discourse. As you say, "women have made every bit as much or more contribution to our culture as men" and many people wouldn't doubt it, but don't believe that everyone feels that way; there are a lot of mysogynists out there who _would_ invalidate a woman's contribution to culture, and it is only a fairly phenonmenon where an assumption otherwise is (may be) the norm.
Centuries ago, art and music served as a form of worship, reaching for the highest ideals and aspirations that Man could strive for. Bach wrote his Fugues. Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Shakespeare wrote his plays, Byron, Shelley, Keats wrote poetry, Handel wrote his choral works, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Mozart composed their symphonies, the list goes on and on.
Use of the word 'Man' as reference to humankind excludes women, and doesn't do your argument justice. Similarly, I believe some non-european/ non-male artists may also exist.
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Laughing is so close to crying... :( :)
:) Fair enough. The point of gender non-specific language and my post was to make sure that the contributions of women, and non white males are not overshadowed and made invisible by their absence in discourse. As you say, "women have made every bit as much or more contribution to our culture as men" and many people wouldn't doubt it, but don't believe that everyone feels that way; there are a lot of mysogynists out there who _would_ invalidate a woman's contribution to culture, and it is only a fairly phenonmenon where an assumption otherwise is (may be) the norm.
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PA.
Use of the word 'Man' as reference to humankind excludes women, and doesn't do your argument justice. Similarly, I believe some non-european/ non-male artists may also exist.
Welcome to the 21st century, enjoy your stay.