How about just a class for PEOPLE new to firearms?
It annoys me when they divide this sort of thing up by gender. I'm a better shot than a bunch of my dad's male friends, and I'm female. It's not relevant and they tend to dumb down the stuff aimed at women.
I feel the same way ab people who use he/she in sentences rather than just they. His/hers instead of theirs. They works as a singular pronoun. They is not "woke." It literally saves time, ink, and is easier to read out loud.
My favorite subject in school was grammar, and my teachers pounded into my head never to use singular "they." I went into the legal field, where it was the same. I changed it when I learned new information and wanted everyone to feel accepted. But after decades of being told it was wrong, it was a difficult process wrought with mistakes and deliberate corrections. So, I understand where the reluctance to use it could be coming from, but the difference is that I still did it because other people (and now me) feeling accepted is more important than some old grammar rule based on BS anyway.
I completely understand, and I did the same thing. I didn't think they could be singular until a few years ago, when I did some googling. And as I started using it, and hearing others use it, it didn't sound out of place anymore. I'm used to it.
I was writing a story in secondary school where I wanted to hide the gender of the protagonist, so I used “they” repeatedly. I got told off by my English teacher who told me it wasn’t proper grammar. I was maybe 11 at this time, so around 2005. Little did I know I would later be non binary and hear a lovely little limerick. Roses are red, violets are blue, singular they predates singular you.
This!!! I love singular they for this. I remember trying to sound formal and also avoid gender bias in school writing. He/she is clunky. One sounds pretentious and sometimes awkward. They is just so perfect here.
It also doesn't harm anyone if someone prefers to be called they instead of he or she. It costs me nothing to make that person feel more comfortable; why would I do anything else?
Why make a distinction at all? This class is for all people who have never shot a pistol before...if you want, you could add "..., male or female, all ages" or something.
Whenever I see shit like this I just wanna scream ‘a female WHAT?!’ Female cat? Dog? Rabbit? You’ll have to be more specific because any animal can be a female (or male) but only a human can be a woman (or man). Fucking idiots.
The author of this is also dehumanizing both men and women (assuming he intended to refer to female humans) by using "that", which is for things, instead of "who", which is for people. The first line should say "A person who has never shot a pistol before."
How about just a class for PEOPLE new to firearms?
It annoys me when they divide this sort of thing up by gender. I'm a better shot than a bunch of my dad's male friends, and I'm female. It's not relevant and they tend to dumb down the stuff aimed at women.
I feel the same way ab people who use he/she in sentences rather than just they. His/hers instead of theirs. They works as a singular pronoun. They is not "woke." It literally saves time, ink, and is easier to read out loud.
My favorite subject in school was grammar, and my teachers pounded into my head never to use singular "they." I went into the legal field, where it was the same. I changed it when I learned new information and wanted everyone to feel accepted. But after decades of being told it was wrong, it was a difficult process wrought with mistakes and deliberate corrections. So, I understand where the reluctance to use it could be coming from, but the difference is that I still did it because other people (and now me) feeling accepted is more important than some old grammar rule based on BS anyway.
I completely understand, and I did the same thing. I didn't think they could be singular until a few years ago, when I did some googling. And as I started using it, and hearing others use it, it didn't sound out of place anymore. I'm used to it.
I was writing a story in secondary school where I wanted to hide the gender of the protagonist, so I used “they” repeatedly. I got told off by my English teacher who told me it wasn’t proper grammar. I was maybe 11 at this time, so around 2005. Little did I know I would later be non binary and hear a lovely little limerick. Roses are red, violets are blue, singular they predates singular you.
Crazy how ppl say that they use non-gender-neutral terminology for simplicity and then come out with "his or her" instead of "their"
This!!! I love singular they for this. I remember trying to sound formal and also avoid gender bias in school writing. He/she is clunky. One sounds pretentious and sometimes awkward. They is just so perfect here.
It also doesn't harm anyone if someone prefers to be called they instead of he or she. It costs me nothing to make that person feel more comfortable; why would I do anything else?
Why make a distinction at all? This class is for all people who have never shot a pistol before...if you want, you could add "..., male or female, all ages" or something.
Instead, they just look hella sexist.
This! And they could write half as much as they did here.
Written by someone who I'm sure is very familiar with eh, polishing his gun shaft, if you know what I mean.
Whenever I see shit like this I just wanna scream ‘a female WHAT?!’ Female cat? Dog? Rabbit? You’ll have to be more specific because any animal can be a female (or male) but only a human can be a woman (or man). Fucking idiots.
I don't think my female cats would be very good shooters. They don't have opposable thumbs and their attention spans aren't great.
r/pointlesslygendered
The author of this is also dehumanizing both men and women (assuming he intended to refer to female humans) by using "that", which is for things, instead of "who", which is for people. The first line should say "A person who has never shot a pistol before."