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’Penmanship’ is now ’handwriting’ as Washington state removes gender bias in statutes
torontosun.com ^ | 04/23/2013 | LAURA L. MYERS

Posted on 04/23/2013 10:15:14 AM PDT by massmike

Washington state’s governor signed into law on Monday the final piece of a six-year effort to rewrite state laws using gender-neutral vocabulary, replacing terms such as “fisherman” and “freshman” with “fisher” and “first-year student.”

Lawmakers have passed a series of bills since 2007 to root out gender bias from Washington statutes, though a 1983 state mandate required that all laws be written in gender-neutral terms unless a specification of gender was intended.

“This was a much larger effort than I had envisioned. Mankind means man and woman,” said Democratic state Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Seattle.

The bill passed the Democrat-controlled state House 70-22 on April 9 and unanimously cleared the state Senate on Feb. 8 before being signed by Democratic Governor Jay Inslee.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 1984; academia; bigbrother; genderless; language; leftismoncampus; liberalism; mentaldisorder; orwelliannightmare; oysterperson; thoughtcrime; wordpolice
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To: massmike; NCC-1701

My MANners maybe be bad but it all looks a lot like MANure!
Especially when “fisHER MAN” can be changed to “fisHER”, sounds like their aim is to remove MAN.


41 posted on 04/23/2013 10:52:44 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: rlmorel

Believe it or not, a lot of feminists actually use the term “womyn.”


42 posted on 04/23/2013 10:53:13 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: massmike; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

I’m all for it - got to compromise sometimes with the broads!


43 posted on 04/23/2013 10:54:44 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: massmike

And if your last name is Stevenson, Issacson, et al your daughter must be given her mother’s maiden name, or the last name of the closest female relative that isn’t so biased.

And if your last name is Johnson ... well those aren’t allowed.


44 posted on 04/23/2013 10:56:01 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
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To: massmike

For all you feminists outraged by the sexism of the English language, I refer you to just about every other Indo-European language. And to a great many languages of oppressed people around the world.

They pretty much all have every noun assigned a gender. It will be fun watching them remodel those languages to be gender-neutral.

English is among the least “sexist” languages on the planet. Lakota actually has many words that have entirely different meanings depending on whether they’re used by men or women.


45 posted on 04/23/2013 10:59:26 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: treetopsandroofs
So will “they” now become a grammatically correct singular pronoun for non-specific gender?
As in,
The intern needs a new computer because they reported problems with its operating system.

No, no no. The proper gender-neutral is it, to fix your example:
    The intern needs a new computer because it reported problems with the computer's operating system.

46 posted on 04/23/2013 11:01:55 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

Whew. I’m so relieved to know that our legislators would work so diligently for six years to implement this critical legislation. We can all sleep easier tonight.


47 posted on 04/23/2013 11:12:34 AM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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To: massmike

Oh but “woman” has the word “man” in it! Can’t have that! gotta change the spelling in the dictionary!

Bull$hit.


48 posted on 04/23/2013 11:24:23 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

You would be offended, if you were actually a “womyn”.


49 posted on 04/23/2013 11:26:16 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: Sherman Logan

LOL, that is probably where I got it from.

Hell, why don’t they just call it “Penmynship”?

I have got to the point where I could give a rat’s patootie about what they want to call things. Actually, I will use the traditional/accurate terms just to piss them off.

I am sick to death of liberalism and all that goes with it.


50 posted on 04/23/2013 11:28:27 AM PDT by rlmorel ("We'll drink to good health for them that have it coming." Boss Spearman in Open Range)
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To: Sherman Logan
Believe it or not, a lot of feminists actually use the term “womyn.”

A 'womyn' is not a person, therefore it isn't abuse (or battery or assault) if you hit one. ;)

51 posted on 04/23/2013 11:36:22 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: massmike; Revolting cat!

Ever hear Queen Sheila Jackson Lee’s rant about the oysterpersons?


52 posted on 04/23/2013 11:51:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Lx
Woman has man in it too. I’m sure they already have a PC term for them, I just don’t know what it is.

Womyn. And they have herstory as well. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

53 posted on 04/23/2013 11:53:06 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Sherman Logan
They pretty much all have every noun assigned a gender. It will be fun watching them remodel those languages to be gender-neutral. English is among the least “sexist” languages on the planet.

The Left ain't got time for that. This is strictly about hamstringing the West. Making people stumble when they speak (or facing political re-education for their slip ups).

Third world nations can continue to rape, prostitute, abuse, maltreat, enslave, etc. women and "minorities" in those regions. It isn't about equality or betterment of society and lives. It is about being perpetually angry at Western Civilization about some bug up their bum.

54 posted on 04/23/2013 11:56:15 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: N. Theknow

Nope - has the word SON in ir -more like Hu-people-writing would be more PC.


55 posted on 04/23/2013 11:58:32 AM PDT by Rikki Doxx
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To: massmike

“...Mankind means man and woman,” said Democratic state Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Seattle.

This woman is a liberal nut from Seattle, of course, but why did she use the word “mankind”?


56 posted on 04/23/2013 12:33:33 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: rlmorel

Oh, come on, we in USSRW probably have you beat hands down. Is pot legal to smoke there?


57 posted on 04/23/2013 12:34:35 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: rlmorel

Aliens are already here. They are called Democrats. They look just like the rest of us, for the most part, but they are devoid of rational thought and true compassion. Many of them are readily visible by the bumper stickers they have on their cars - “Obama Biden” or “Coexist” - for example. Other than that, it is hard to spot them just by looking.


58 posted on 04/23/2013 12:39:09 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Redleg Duke

OK, is this a funny? Or are you doubting my stated sex?


59 posted on 04/23/2013 1:05:25 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: massmike
At least we don't have any sexist state names. Canada has a whole province called MANitoba.
60 posted on 04/23/2013 2:15:45 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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