Misogyny in online gaming

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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby dageir » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:49 pm

Ok, lets conclude. We are all human beings. We should not categorize people based on their gender. Therefore when talking about people in third person where you do not know their gender, you shall refer to them as she/he or he/she. The problem by doing this is obvious as some would take that as an insult aswell, and some would be affronted that the wrong gender is mentioned first or last. We could use more words for example saying "the person that said this and that." So I suggest a single word to be used talking about a person in third person with uncertain gender: Hum.
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby Potjeh » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:52 pm

I vote for it.
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby BubbaMKII » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:54 pm

ysbryd just typed what i was thinking but didn't know if it was worth typing out.
I couldn't have put it any better anyway.
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby BubbaMKII » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:55 pm

dageir wrote:Ok, lets conclude. We are all human beings. We should not categorize people based on their gender. Therefore when talking about people in third person where you do not know their gender, you shall refer to them as she/he or he/she. The problem by doing this is obvious as some would take that as an insult aswell, and some would be affronted that the wrong gender is mentioned first or last. We could use more words for example saying "the person that said this and that." So I suggest a single word to be used talking about a person in third person with uncertain gender: Hum.


You already used it, person. ;)
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby MagicManICT » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:14 pm

What would the objective form of "hum" be? "hir"? "hur"? "hem"? "uh"?
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby ysbryd » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:24 pm

Oh for Jorbs sake, dont go all PC on us.
He him etc is okay, if we dont like it we can say we are she her etc, hopefully without all the drivelling drooling adolescents suddenly thinking that all we really want is for them to offer us the time of... uh... well their lives I guess
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby FutureForJames » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:39 pm

ysbryd wrote:Oh for Jorbs sake, dont go all PC on us.
He him etc is okay, if we dont like it we can say we are she her etc, hopefully without all the drivelling drooling adolescents suddenly thinking that all we really want is for them to offer us the time of... uh... well their lives I guess


It is PC to believe that air should be free to breathe. It is PC to state that we need to obtain nourishment to survive. It is PC to state that apples and oranges are different fruits.
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby ysbryd » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:43 pm

FutureForJames wrote:
ysbryd wrote:Oh for Jorbs sake, dont go all PC on us.
He him etc is okay, if we dont like it we can say we are she her etc, hopefully without all the drivelling drooling adolescents suddenly thinking that all we really want is for them to offer us the time of... uh... well their lives I guess


It is PC to believe that air should be free to breathe. It is PC to state that we need to obtain nourishment to survive. It is PC to state that apples and oranges are different fruits.

What I meant was
yes equalilty etc, but as soon as you start trying to think up new words for it it just gets ridiculous. A bit of rationality please?
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby FutureForJames » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:49 pm

ysbryd wrote:
FutureForJames wrote:
ysbryd wrote:Oh for Jorbs sake, dont go all PC on us.
He him etc is okay, if we dont like it we can say we are she her etc, hopefully without all the drivelling drooling adolescents suddenly thinking that all we really want is for them to offer us the time of... uh... well their lives I guess


It is PC to believe that air should be free to breathe. It is PC to state that we need to obtain nourishment to survive. It is PC to state that apples and oranges are different fruits.

What I meant was
yes equalilty etc, but as soon as you start trying to think up new words for it it just gets ridiculous. A bit of rationality please?


Language evolves to adjust to the new times, nothing strange or ridiculous about that.
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Re: Misogyny in online gaming

Postby Jalpha » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:04 pm

FutureForJames wrote:Out of interest: if you point out that you are male in a forum dominated by females, would one receive any downgrading treatment?


Women have their own "treatment" for men when they have number superiority. As someone who has lived with groups of women as the only man, and worked in places where there were only about 5% blokes (if even), that has been my experience. Just take a look at any married guy with all daughters. I bet in most cases he looks pretty browbeaten lol. I imagine the same thing would occur on forums as well, but I'm unsure. It's interesting to consider how their behavior would change as a result of anonymity.
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