Author Topic: Princeton banned the word "man" on their campus.  (Read 11383 times)


Is the rule mandatory? If so, how will the reprimand those who break it?

What will feminists do now that they can't say (person)splaining

boy what is this world we're growing up in
where white men are considered a minority
geez loooweeeez

gentlemen, no need to fight, we are all friends here, let us, handle this like men
Professor. too. many. commas. what. a. surprise.


Is the rule mandatory? If so, how will the reprimand those who break it?
No, it's not mandatory. It's subtitled "tips."

We'll see.
Yes. We will see. We will see that it's just for signs, job listings, announcements, etc.

looks like people in princeton aren't allowed to watch house anymore

we'll be speaking Newspeak in no time

All this triggering going on without me

from now on students are not allowed to have genders


Yes. We will see. We will see that it's just for signs, job listings, announcements, etc.

to be honest, even then, this is kind of silly

i can understand stuff like going: "every man/woman may apply" being changed, as people identify as more than just male and female, but changing stuff like "layman," "layman's terms," "anchorman" or "mankind" to "layperson," "layperson's terms," "anchor" and "all of humanity," respectively, is ridiculous

now, i don't say this on a political, gendered, level, i'm talking about this on and advertisement or shortened speach level. there is a huge problem with the way the english language is formed, and that would be the fact that gender neutral words and phrases tend to take up a lot more words, syllables and generally time to read and express.

for example, if you're making an advertisement, it sounds more catchy to say: "the best product of all mankind" opposed to: "the best product of all of humanity." conciseness is valued in both literature and advertising, and using "of" twice in a phrase sounds awkward and excessive. moreover, with "no man's sky," the word "man" carries a certain weight with itself, but "person" makes the game sound generic. "no person's sky." yeah. it's no person. generic and nobody cares. but "no man's sky" has a social context to it, which sounds more powerful in comparison. i doubt that most people even think about the "man" part in that title, but it adds power to it, regardless of gender.

what i'm trying to say is by a language standpoint, removing gendered words is not a viable option in any way unless we change existing words like man, for example, to be gender neutral. if we considered "man" a gender neutral word, in fact, i feel that several issues would be solved.

to be honest, even then, this is kind of silly
It is silly. And I want the decision reversed. But tony was stupid about how he presented it and he directly lied about what it was right after claiming "I never lie about the news!"

That's the problem my post was pointing out.