Thursday, March 30, 2017

A Northern Arizona University student lost credit on an English paper for using the word “mankind" instead of a gender-neutral alternative.

Via Billy

 
“She told me that ‘mankind’ does not refer to all people, only males. I refuted, stating that it DOES refer to all people......
A Northern Arizona University student lost credit on an English paper for using the word “mankind" instead of a gender-neutral alternative.

Cailin Jeffers, an English major at NAU, told Campus Reform that she received an email from one of her professors, Dr. Anne Scott, informing her that she had been docked one point out of a possible 50 on a recent paper for “problems with diction (word choice)” related to her use of the word “mankind” as a synonym for “humanity.”

“The words we use matter very much, or else teachers would not be making an issue of this at all.”    
“I would be negligent, as a professor who is running a class about the human condition and the assumptions we make about being ‘human,’ if I did not also raise this issue of gendered language and ask my students to respect the need for gender-neutral language,” Scott explained. “The words we use matter very much, or else teachers would not be making an issue of this at all, and the MLA would not be making recommendations for gender-neutral language at the national level.”

8 comments:

  1. University professors trying to change the meaning of words to suit their SJW philosophy....please say it aint so. War is peace...... indyjonesouthere

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  2. Women are given a special position. They're still "men" too: they're just "wo"men, special.

    All humankind just sound stupid.

    And policepersons. It's ridiculous.

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    1. policepersons.

      Damn, ain't even heard that yet!

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    2. I'm not sure "policeperson" is politically correct. What of the officer doesn't identify as a person...

      Badger

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  3. Here is a couple more which have been added to Webster's
    Dictionary - microaggression and safe space. I only have
    old dictionaries so this will not effect me.
    http://www.renegadetribune.com/microaggression-safe-space-officially-added-dictionary/

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