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Science needs to stop using terms like male, female, mother and father, researchers say
NY Post ^
| February 14, 2023 10:27pm
| By David Propper
Posted on 02/15/2023 5:24:05 AM PST by Red Badger
Alternatives to terms like “male” and “female” and “mother” and “father” should be sought in science because they assume that sex is binary and heterosexuality is the norm, a group of researchers from the US and Canada suggests.
Male and female should instead be referred to as “sperm-producing” and “egg-producing,” the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Language Project said, according to the Times of London.
Meanwhile, father and mother should be labeled “parent,” “egg donor” and “sperm donor” in the scientific field.
The group has called on the scientific field to use words that are more “inclusive and precise,” according to a press release from the University of British Columbia, which has three researchers part of the initiative.
“Much of western science is rooted in colonialism, white supremacy and patriarchy, and these power structures continue to permeate our scientific culture,” some project members wrote in the Trends in Ecology and Evolution journal.
UBC assistant professor Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor said the undertaking began from a Twitter conversation between a few people about terminology that is potentially harmful.
“We reached out to different networks in ecology and evolution that were focused on increasing inclusion and equity in the field to rally support for one very specific action —revising terminology that might be harmful to certain people, particularly those from groups historically and currently excluded from science,” she said according to the press release.
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To: Red Badger
Parents = Dependent owner
Father and Mother = Dependent supporters
Language Projects = Parasite Grants
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posted on
02/15/2023 8:22:29 AM PST
by
Vaduz
(LAWYERS )
To: Red Badger; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; ..
Researchers need to be actual researchers, scientists say.
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posted on
02/15/2023 8:40:16 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/15/2023 9:26:44 AM PST
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
To: gitmo
Can’t use ‘Bull’ any more, that’s a sexist logism..............
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posted on
02/15/2023 9:34:18 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
Google test
“mother company” about 787 000 results
“father company” 1 120 000
“sister company” 11 000 000
“brother company” 263 000
“eunuch company” just a few
but the above as well includes mother’s and father’s...
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posted on
02/15/2023 10:37:55 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: Red Badger
Alternatives to terms like “male” and “female” and “mother” and “father” should be sought in science because they assume that sex is binary and heterosexuality is the norm It is and it is.
Reality does not care what you think.
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posted on
02/15/2023 10:44:50 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: Red Badger
>
Another day, another step closer to Idiocracy... Nah, we entered Idiocracy some time ago.
We are now running full-tilt toward PEAK IDIOCRACY.
Won't be long now....
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posted on
02/15/2023 10:52:17 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
To: dayglored
👍🤔..................................
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posted on
02/15/2023 10:53:15 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
“Much of western science is rooted in colonialism, white supremacy and patriarchy, and these power structures continue to permeate our scientific culture,”So, black and brown people don't have males and females? I'm not following.
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posted on
02/15/2023 10:56:23 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("There is no good government at all & none possible."--Mark Twain)
To: Red Badger
So, which one is the sperm donor?
Oh, look, a gay wire:
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:04:18 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("There is no good government at all & none possible."--Mark Twain)
To: Red Badger
We need to stop using terms like “science”.
They are all witch doctors now.
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:05:42 AM PST
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: Red Badger
I'm sure these "researchers" would be the first to order scientists to drink the Hemlock Soup for corrupting the minds of minors with their heresy.
-PJ
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posted on
02/15/2023 11:12:38 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Red Badger
...a "group of researchers" from the US and Canada suggests...UN-named? Anonymous sources? Truth is it's the brain-dead 'journalist' one desk over who's looking into the issue.
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posted on
02/15/2023 12:26:37 PM PST
by
GOPJ
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
To: NorthMountain
Lolz - I’m good with that.
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posted on
02/16/2023 7:16:58 AM PST
by
70times7
(Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
To: Red Badger
Those fools just hate God.
“Male and female He created them, and He blessed them.”
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posted on
02/16/2023 6:11:22 PM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
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