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Old 09-19-2006, 04:09 PM
AlphaFrog AlphaFrog is offline
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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS View Post
Who determined that there had to be a gender neutral term? How did male become the default to the point where female is figuratively (and sometimes literally) invisible in society?
Someone about 2000 BC. If you want to go and try to change 4000 years of history and tradition, be my guess.

"Yo, all you its" - is that neutral enough for you?

/Also refraining from a SHIM reference.
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