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Topic: Is it possible to woman a station?

Anonymous A started this discussion 8 years ago #69,615

Or is it only possible for a woman to man a station?

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #842,338

All women are Men. It is the name of our race/species.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #842,346

I can't speak for the OP, but I feel neither offended nor discriminated against by the terms “man” or “manning.” Neither is it my intention to piss people off, but it would seem that the whole issue of seeking gender neutral language, and especially the neutering of masculine gendered terms, cuts some folks the wrong way. Maybe it’s the close proximity of the words “neuter” + “masculine,” rather than the search for a less gendered language that accounts for the resistance.

Opinions as located via WWW.

Is there a non-gendered term for manning a station, as in manning the desk? The only ideas I can come up with are "stationed at" the desk or other clunky things. Finding the right gerund would make my day.

Well, I think "manning" is pretty gender-neutral these days. Honestly, I have heard female WNBA coaches exhorting their female players to "make sure you guard your man." (And they were, of course, playing other women, not men.


"Manning" is not gender neutral, because its presumption is that the person doing the job in question will be male. The use of "man" in female sports does not make it gender-neutral but rather shows how ingrained gender specific language has become.

Even the Mekon said "Man the guns! Destroy Dare's ship!", when the operators concerned weren't even humans

I'm not talking about etymology here, but about the perception of the word in modern English. There's nothing over-sensitive about wanting to find a more neutral-sounding alternative.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #842,347

@previous (C)

> I can't speak for the OP, but I feel neither offended nor discriminated against by the terms “man” or “manning.” Neither is it my intention to piss people off, but it would seem that the whole issue of seeking gender neutral language, and especially the neutering of masculine gendered terms, cuts some folks the wrong way. Maybe it’s the close proximity of the words “neuter” + “masculine,” rather than the search for a less gendered language that accounts for the resistance.
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> Opinions as located via WWW.
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> Is there a non-gendered term for manning a station, as in manning the desk? The only ideas I can come up with are "stationed at" the desk or other clunky things. Finding the right gerund would make my day.
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> Well, I think "manning" is pretty gender-neutral these days. Honestly, I have heard female WNBA coaches exhorting their female players to "make sure you guard your man." (And they were, of course, playing other women, not men.
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> "Manning" is not gender neutral, because its presumption is that the person doing the job in question will be male. The use of "man" in female sports does not make it gender-neutral but rather shows how ingrained gender specific language has become.
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> Even the Mekon said "Man the guns! Destroy Dare's ship!", when the operators concerned weren't even humans
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> I'm not talking about etymology here, but about the perception of the word in modern English. There's nothing over-sensitive about wanting to find a more neutral-sounding alternative.

Fuck off retard

Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 50 seconds later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #842,348

@842,346 (C)
I think, if anything, we should change the word for male humans to something else and keep the word "man" to mean human.

(Edited 21 seconds later.)

Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 15 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #842,366

@842,346 (C)
Sup TG.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #842,367

@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
Inb4 he starts posting child porn again

Slut on Wheels !iNRconCvDQ joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 3 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #842,464

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #842,465

@previous (Slut on Wheels !iNRconCvDQ)
Good post.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 16 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #842,467

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
The best one in this thtead..
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