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Posted by Cezar Mart
Cezar Mart
8,401 Points

Gender-neutral course vocabulary

One of the questions in the quiz is this: "The Product Owner relies solely on her own vision to prioritize backlog items."

Is it possible to make all the classes, quizzes and tests completely gender-neutral? For example, by replacing the above sentence with the following: "The Product Owner relies solely on her/his own vision to prioritize backlog items."

This way everybody is satisfied and nobody feels being a subject of an aggressive sexist political correctness. So that I can focus on the technical subject rather than being politically poked and provoked. No politics, please.

Thank you

2 Answers

Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points
Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points

You've got to be kidding me. Why waste time on possessive pronouns when you can code? I like that they said 'her own vision' and I'm not transgendered.

Scott Peake
Scott Peake
17,052 Points
Scott Peake
Scott Peake
17,052 Points

Dumbest thing I have heard all day! The only one forcing us to suffer from "aggressive sexist political correctness" is you.

So they need to go back and overdub all of the classes, edit all the teachers notes, and "de-sexually-orient" the pages? Does that mean they also need to remove the pictures of the teachers and students since they clearly indicate their sex? Or how about names? Should we also be using numbers for student names?

You want them to do all this just so you "can focus on the technical subject rather than being politically poked or provoked?" Seriously? THE MOST IDIOTIC THING I HAVE HEARD ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!