pjeby comments on Of Exclusionary Speech and Gender Politics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pjeby 14 April 2010 07:01:35PM 0 points [-]

Or, at least, it is not just that.

But omitting the part of the behavior that women do say they value, is the part that makes the language exclusionary, and provokes the objections and social stigma that SilasBarta claims to be arguing against.

His thesis appears to be, "Most women (and some men) don't like it when people say truth X" - I am saying, "Most women (and some men) are generally fine with it when you also give sufficient information for them to connect truth X with their goal or value Y, and I see no reason to exclude that connective information... since it does in fact produce the negative reaction described."