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Homebuilders scrap 'master bedroom' because of racist, gender-biased connotations
Washington Business Journal ^ | April 16, 2013 | Michael Neibauer

Posted on 04/18/2013 5:57:19 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes

The “master suite” is being phased out — not from our homes, but from our lexicon.

A survey of 10 major Washington, D.C.-area homebuilders found that six no longer use the term “master” in their floor plans to describe the largest bedroom in the house. They have replaced it with “owner’s suite” or “owner’s bedroom” or, in one case, “mastre bedroom.”

Why? In large part for exactly the reason you would think: “Master” has connotation problems, in gender (it skews toward male) and race (the slave-master).

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gender; master; racist
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To: fnord
just a simple insistence on clear language can drive liberals moonbat crazy

Liberals don't understand the uniqueness of male-female connections.

They always want to complicate things.


41 posted on 04/18/2013 7:10:50 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Vendome

MasterLock

Fixed.
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42 posted on 04/18/2013 7:15:29 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Past Your Eyes
Homebuilders scrap 'master bedroom' because of racist, gender-biased connotations

Builders are very unlikely to be squeamish about the names of things. Architects, on the other hand, are very likely to suck up and adopt the latest PC terms.

43 posted on 04/18/2013 7:22:59 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: Past Your Eyes

So what am I suppose to call my Slave Quarters?


44 posted on 04/18/2013 7:30:14 PM PDT by trotskylvalia (where nose meets the grindstone)
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To: fnord

ha ha so true.

It shows how far gone the radical left are when they explode over what is male and female and cannot understand that.


45 posted on 04/18/2013 7:31:25 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Past Your Eyes
Why? In large part for exactly the reason you would think:

I think it is because they are idiots, and I'm right.

46 posted on 04/18/2013 7:39:04 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Maybe the “big bedroom” can be called the “pitcher/catcher” room, or maybe, conversely, the “catcher/pitcher” room!

All depends on how you wish to use it.


47 posted on 04/18/2013 7:42:13 PM PDT by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Does this mean the Master of Arts degree I earned must now be called the Owner of Arts degree???


48 posted on 04/18/2013 7:45:25 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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To: laweeks

The one that really causes me to cringe though is when a couple states “we are pregnant”. There is no “we” in pregnant. She’s pregnant, the guy’s going to be a father.

I suppose in some instances in this new world though he could actually be pregnant because I’m not really sure any more who is really a he and who is really a she.

I’m so tired of all the changes. The man is to be the Master of the house. The big bedroom and big bathroom are for the Master The pink room is for the little girl, the blue for the little boy. Just suck it up and leave it alone.


49 posted on 04/18/2013 9:20:32 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Jaxter

I worked in a sawmill for many years. The hydraulic device that turned the logs on the carriage was called the nigger. That’s just what it was called. Nobody thought anything of it.
One day, one of the bigshots came around and somebody mentioned that we were having trouble with the nigger. We were informed on the spot that from that time forward, we were to call it the “log turner”. The bigshot left and we kept using the “n-word” for the hydraulic device that turned the logs on the carriage. To the best of my knowledge, no feelings were hurt in the process.
I wonder what the PC name would be for a pitman.


50 posted on 04/19/2013 5:43:30 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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