It's just a name. Names are made up. People tell us what names to call them and we do.
People make things and give them names and tell us what those things are called.
It's all just nonsense to get ideas from one meatsack mind into another.
It's just random mouth sounds to indicate thoughts. Different languages show that there's no actual meaning in any of it. It's just social conceit that certain mouth sounds mean certain ideas.
I understand the feeling of "why do words have to change once I've already learned them?" but this is not that, either. It's not other words changing that triggers people. It's gender words changing. That's interesting and not immediately explainable to me.
No one could deny the long historical tradition of treating women as less than equals to men in many if not all manners. The current social recognition and sensitivity to that legacy is probably just a transitional period as we (hopefully) move into a more open and accepting society in general.
It is stupid to change the name of a sandwich as a socio-political statement, but that happens all the time. I don't see why this one particular issue seems to charge people up so much.
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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
