I thought it was quite fun reading other people's comments on a discussion about sexist language on Flickr. I personally do not find anything wrong with calling a person a woman,man,girl,boy,child, etc. Then again, you should use those words cautiously. For example, I wouldn't call a man a boy if you can obviously tell that the man is a man. Sometimes I'l call my friends "kids," and I don't necessarily mean it, some of them ask, "kid?" and I just start laughing and say that I say that to a lot of people, its just a common word I use towards friends. Just as stated in the book, a certain gender can look at a phrase differently from the opposite sex. Not all people care for the language when it comes to sexist language. If the language were to involve something that the person were to truly care about, well then, thats something different.
-Jeter!
Hey Mz. Jeter,
ReplyDeleteI think you hit the nail on the coffin with this post! I agree with you that calling a person a woman, man, boy, child and etc can not necessarily be classified as "sexist language". As I mentioned in my post I think what it really comes down to is the intentions of the word and what context these words are used. I look at it from both perspectives and see how some can find it foolish that others can be offended and on the other hand the ones who find this offensive. I think that we all should just be careful on how the words we use and make sure it doesn't falsely classify a person because of their gender.