-Mike Flynn
A quotes blog of various writers (mostly Christian, and specifically Catholic, in nature)
Friday, March 2, 2018
I am also miffed by the use of "person" for "man," since it denies
rational thought to women and reserves it exclusively to weremen. (cf.
in English men-tal, min-d, also mankind, etc.; in German mann as the genderless pronoun. Hence, "a rational being.") Adult males were once referred to as "wera," see also Latin vir, Irish fir,
words like vir-ile, vir-tue, etc. Instead of changing every word with
the suffix -man, just give males back their prefixes and give them a
unique designator of their own.
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