Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 13 days agoImplicit bias ruleslrpnk.netimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down19
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minus-squareXyre@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·13 days agoOf course they’re a guy. Otherwise it’d be Drs. Pepper. /s
minus-squareXyre@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agoDoctoress. Didn’t realize it was actually a word and feel like we should use it more because it’s awesome.
minus-squareBmeBenji@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·13 days agoIt does kind of sound cool but I thought the current trend was to move away from needlessly gendered language, especially with how in English a lot of feminine nouns are intentionally made to sound like a diminutive form of the masculine version
minus-squareXyre@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoDefinitely agree with preferring non-gendered language. But it also doesn’t feel like right to default to the (historically) masculine version either.
Of course they’re a guy. Otherwise it’d be Drs. Pepper. /s
Docsses Pepper?
Doctoress. Didn’t realize it was actually a word and feel like we should use it more because it’s awesome.
It does kind of sound cool but I thought the current trend was to move away from needlessly gendered language, especially with how in English a lot of feminine nouns are intentionally made to sound like a diminutive form of the masculine version
Definitely agree with preferring non-gendered language. But it also doesn’t feel like right to default to the (historically) masculine version either.