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Originally Posted by Lindy
Ironic, isn't it, after all those years trying to lose the accepted use of chairman, postman, policeman, etc we now want to add a male term to the gender neutral pool of words? After all of the years spent replacing supposedly "male" terms with awkwordities like "Department Chair"  (hey, what about the department desk?) now we add a new male term. |
It's interesting that you should view it as "adding a male term to a neutral pool of words." I think it's more along the lines of neutering a male term. 
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And in the long run, of course, usage will trump all!
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