On the Merriam-Webster online dictionary there is a featured video today about "the awkward case of his or her." It certainly is an awkward case, but it is not an awkward case of grammar but an awkward result of feminism. They just have to make everything so complicated! Why can't women be included in a general "him"? Why can't a random, general person in a paper or speech be referred to as he? And then if you use "they" to avoid the controversy, the whole case thing really is a problem.
And why is mankind, that poetical, beautiful word, suddenly banned from vocabulary? We have to use "humanity," really?
So, my lady friends, the real problem is that the feminists have robbed us of our share in mankind. But I personally think that's a little more than awkward.
That is so true. I get annoyed when writers have to use the "him or her." What is wrong with being part of mankind? Humanity is such a cold, harsh word.
ReplyDeleteYay for a comment!! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCold and harsh is a good way of describing it.
True. I still use "him". :P
ReplyDeleteOh by the way, there is no masculine or feminine pronoun in Filipino.
ReplyDeleteSo you don't have these sort of debates?!
ReplyDeleteNoooo... it's more about correcting them when they use she for he and he for she. In Tagalog, it's one word: siya. Actually, there aren't even words for son and daughter. It's longer: child who is a boy. Child who is a girl. :P
ReplyDeleteI can see how they would be confused ;-)
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