Freshperson?
Freshhuman?
Freshcunt?
Hmm...
Fuckin Roy Williams...
Lol, this is a true concern, not athletes getting real grades for fake classes. What is "woman" in Swahili?
At this point wouldn`t it be easier to just change the meaning of MAN?
Oh yes. UNC with their fake class scandal. Wasn't their defense basically "Those classes were available to everyone!" in order to avoid more significant NCAA sanctions. No extra benefits!
Calipari is the only real criminal here.
I... don't think that would be that easy.
At this point wouldn`t it be easier to just change the meaning of MAN?
Then you only have one word to change instead of thousands upon thousands
Online Etymology Dictionary said:O.E. man, mann "human being, person (male or female) . . . Sense of "adult male" is late (c.1000); O.E. used wer and wif to distinguish the sexes, but wer began to disappear late 13c. and was replaced by man
I'm personally of the opinion that no matter which way you approach this from, it's not a big deal and really isn't newsworthy. On the one hand, I don't think many people were probably all that bothered by 'freshman', so "why bother?" isn't an altogether unreasonable question. But on the other, if even one person was remotely bothered by it, changing the documentation is a simple "Find & Replace" endeavor, so it also seems pointless to react as though this was a gargantuan undertaking that was enacted at the expense of more pressing concerns.
Just reminds me of that amazing series of "children's books" that modified everything to be less "sexist" including using herstory, etc. Loved those books.
genjiZERO said:So if people have such a problem with the word "man" being used to describe "males" then it's not that the word "man" should change - it's that the word "wer/were" needs to be reincorporated into the language.
If I stated what was already sucking on the right I'd get banned for a while.
Couches are going to feel discriminated against, too.I find it stupidly amusing that calling someone a "chair" is better than something using "man" in it.
Oh yes, the thing the world puts its collective ass on is okay.
I'm always surprised with how defensive people get about this stuff. People act like their gender is under attack or something.
We talking about the males in this thread or the potential group of people offended over the word "freshman"?
Gotta protect the status quo.I'm always surprised with how defensive people get about this stuff. People act like their gender is under attack or something.
Are they gonna change human too?
*sighs at all of the knee-jerking*
This seems perfectly fine.
No, it doesn't. You can't please everyone. That's what businesses and universities don't understand. Some people are going to be offended no matter what decisions are made. Making widespread change to appease a small group of people that are offended over something is never a good idea.
No, it doesn't. You can't please everyone. That's what businesses and universities don't understand. Some people are going to be offended no matter what decisions are made. Making widespread change to appease a small group of people that are offended over something is never a good idea.
People get offended at a lot of things. I just have a hard time finishing this sentence with anything that isn't overly defensive:
"I'm offended that they've stopped using the word Freshman because..."
The University of North Carolina (pictured above) dropped the term “freshman” in an effort to adopt more “gender neutral language.”
This isn't a widespread change. It hurts nobody. There is no reason to get all bent out of shape over it.
It didn't hurt anyone in the first place. This is an overreaction to an overreaction.
I'm always surprised with how defensive people get about this stuff. People act like their gender is under attack or something.
Just be sure to use gender neutral language and you'll be fine.
We talking about the males in this thread or the potential group of people offended over the word "freshman"?