Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Proposal: Gender Un-neutral gossip?

self-killed
Failed by Hix

Adminned at 09 Feb 2007 13:47:13 UTC

In Rule 2.3 remove the Gossip Story “Paternity-suited” on grounds of gender bias.

Comments

Angry Grasshopper:

07-02-2007 23:00:21 UTC

Har har har.

snowballinhell7001:

07-02-2007 23:03:20 UTC

It’s not funny. If we have Spivak, this is a logical next step.

Hix:

07-02-2007 23:20:54 UTC

against it doesn’t imply that the Actor is on the recieving end of the suit.

Excalabur:

08-02-2007 01:08:30 UTC

against again, spivak doesn’t imply that the actors are genderless—just that their gender is unspecified. 

besides, the thought of female actors getting hit with a paternity suit is amusing.

Kevan: he/him

08-02-2007 01:09:26 UTC

against

snowballinhell7001:

08-02-2007 01:32:14 UTC

Hix: The -ed at the end of the “paternity-suited”  implies that the Actor with this gossip story is the recipient of the suit.

Tiberias:

08-02-2007 01:48:15 UTC

against

ChronosPhaenon:

08-02-2007 02:51:53 UTC

against

Doodle:

08-02-2007 02:57:00 UTC

against

Clucky: he/him

08-02-2007 04:42:10 UTC

Once I get two named roles, I’ll make sure I get both a female and a male part just to spite you and your so called genders.  against

Josh: Observer he/they

08-02-2007 09:41:26 UTC

against

ChinDoGu:

08-02-2007 11:59:11 UTC

against

The Doctor:

08-02-2007 15:07:34 UTC

against

Rule 2.1 says all actors are male anyway;

“Any Actor may add a new film and role to his Filmography”

So the nomic is already gender biased.

Edometheus:

08-02-2007 15:15:54 UTC

Spivak makes me cringe on the inside. It’s creation was a sin against the English language. Regardless of the fact that the masculine form of pronouns is the default form for persons of unknown gender, there already existed a ways to write gender neutral: one, one’s, a person, a person’s, they, theirs, etc… Anyway, my gender is blue.

snowballinhell7001:

08-02-2007 15:35:19 UTC

Doctor: If it makes you feel better, I’d have that gender-bias removed as well…

Edometheus:

08-02-2007 15:51:42 UTC

IRONY ALERT: “It’s creation was a sin against the English Language” should read “Its creation was sin against the English language”. Lack of edit button annoys me.

Cosmologicon:

08-02-2007 17:39:57 UTC

for

Angry Grasshopper:

08-02-2007 21:12:10 UTC

Never!

against

spikebrennan:

08-02-2007 21:43:55 UTC

against

snowballinhell7001:

08-02-2007 22:29:58 UTC

SK: My work here is done thanks to the recent proposal by Kevan. against

viewtyjoe:

09-02-2007 03:16:18 UTC

against