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On Secretly Gendered Language

Word Matters

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The Word of the Day - The History and Definition of One Word

The word of the day is a brief look at the history and definition of one word. I like this idea of having the kind of unexplained mystery in thenglish language. If there is some kind of inequity between how we describe women and how we describe men with a certain word, i think it's pretty safe to say that sexism is at the root of it. We've taken our record of the language mostly from men as opposed to women. Although nobody is immune from sexism entirely, unless you work against it. There are no words that are defined as an untidy man in the o a d. And i got to say, i love these words because they are warb mud

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