• Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app
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    5 days ago

    It’s embarrassingly simple to come up with post hoc arguments for why refering to women as dude is fine actually.

    Much harder to introspect and determine where that behaviour stems from, then acknowledge the place it stems from is toxic, and start changing. Harder still to unlearn a habit I put 30+ years into learning.

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      4 days ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever heard “language changes over time and that’s sexist and toxic” from anyone other than Latin teachers with no students