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Implicit bias rule (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] Xyre@lemmus.org 53 points 2 months ago

Of course they're a guy. Otherwise it'd be Drs. Pepper. ~/s~

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Docsses Pepper?

[-] Xyre@lemmus.org 5 points 2 months ago

Doctoress. Didn't realize it was actually a word and feel like we should use it more because it's awesome.

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

It does kind of sound cool but I thought the current trend was to move away from needlessly gendered language, especially with how in English a lot of feminine nouns are intentionally made to sound like a diminutive form of the masculine version

[-] Xyre@lemmus.org 3 points 2 months ago

Definitely agree with preferring non-gendered language. But it also doesn't feel like right to default to the (historically) masculine version either.