Psykorage All American 1460 Posts user info edit post |
this is was my prof.'s comment regarding my essay: "GREAT essay; clear logic. To improve writing, do not use sexist language (mankind, salesman) but instead write (humanity, sales person). " I think the bitch just looked for anything to deduct points. 11/28/2007 3:39:08 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
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wwwebsurfer All American 10217 Posts user info edit post |
you was robbed. you got that skinny, goth looking prof that is always carrying around a bruegers coffee cup and has the NE accent? 11/28/2007 3:40:19 PM |
terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I think the bitch just looked for anything to deduct points. " |
I doubt it - many teachers/professors would have written the same thing11/28/2007 3:41:13 PM |
Wraith All American 27256 Posts user info edit post |
wtf how are those sexist? It is used in common language. I'm pretty sure that if the President said "mankind" nobody would think twice about it. 11/28/2007 3:42:22 PM |
wlb420 All American 9053 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "many female teachers/professors would have written the same thing" |
I had that comment on papers several different times, and it was always a broad.11/28/2007 3:43:18 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
^^militant lesbian alliance would probably have something to say
i've just always made a point to use unisex terms to get by this sort of thing
[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 3:45 PM. Reason : what about 'saleswoman' and 'womankind', eh?] 11/28/2007 3:43:56 PM |
terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "wtf how are those sexist?" |
It's "sexist" b/c it's singling out a sex (not a bad thing, just a thing)
not that I care, but that is the case. I've had it written on my essays and shit too11/28/2007 3:46:35 PM |
Wraith All American 27256 Posts user info edit post |
If I were a woman, I wouldn't be offended. I'd be too busy playing with my boobs. 11/28/2007 3:47:32 PM |
casummer All American 4755 Posts user info edit post |
neil armstrong, that sexist son of a bitch
[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 3:48 PM. Reason : ^winner] 11/28/2007 3:47:53 PM |
Psykorage All American 1460 Posts user info edit post |
humanity??? 11/28/2007 3:49:19 PM |
Walter All American 7738 Posts user info edit post |
better hope she doesn't read tww
now she's really gonna fuck you on your final 11/28/2007 3:50:32 PM |
Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, i thought that mankind was just an accepted shortend version of humankind
and what if it was a salesman and not a saleswoman?
i think that these comments are a little gratuitous 11/28/2007 3:50:38 PM |
Psykorage All American 1460 Posts user info edit post |
and in all honesty in my paper I discussed buying an electronic, how often do you see a female selling electronics? 11/28/2007 3:50:42 PM |
Psykorage All American 1460 Posts user info edit post |
let her read it, I AINT NEVER SCURED 11/28/2007 3:51:31 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
I'm so glad I never had anyone like that in college. 11/28/2007 3:57:05 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
stillfurshia must still be in class... 11/28/2007 3:59:21 PM |
Psykorage All American 1460 Posts user info edit post |
same teacher also told me that although and alright are both two words not one, it is slang when used in one word form 11/28/2007 4:10:13 PM |
ALkatraz All American 11299 Posts user info edit post |
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hooksaw All American 16500 Posts user info edit post |
The authority under which your essay was written was likely the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, which warns against bias in language (pp. 61-76). FYI. 11/28/2007 4:59:57 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
i like their documentation 11/28/2007 5:02:09 PM |
Beardawg61 Trauma Specialist 15492 Posts user info edit post |
I think it's bullshit.
She needs to get over herself. 11/28/2007 5:04:11 PM |
fin All American 20599 Posts user info edit post |
which class is this? 11/28/2007 7:05:20 PM |
Lutra All American 12588 Posts user info edit post |
I hate most of the liberal arts professors. They always do crazy feminazi type shit like this. 11/28/2007 8:28:58 PM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
I'd consider myself a feminist, and I still think that's fucking stupid. 11/28/2007 8:31:06 PM |
humandrive All American 18286 Posts user info edit post |
good thing my screen name is not sexist. 11/28/2007 8:31:14 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
you can't spell woman without man 11/28/2007 8:32:18 PM |