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chaosmosis comments on Call for Anonymous Narratives by LW Women and Question Proposals (AMA) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: chaosmosis 12 September 2012 05:35:33PM -1 points [-]

So, specifically, if I used the masculine form but then also put down a note about how I don't like patriarchy, would you would still feel bad or think I'm supporting bad assumptions? The note thing is what I generally do in the status quo, and what requires the least effort on my part.

I can understand if you would still feel bad, I just wanted to make sure you saw the note caveat I mentioned because you didn't mention anything about it in your comment.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 September 2012 02:30:08AM 1 point [-]

I actually either missed the note caveat, or else didn't mention it because I don't think that sort of note helps.

The thing is, I still have a mental habit of seeing male as default human-- I'm not just hoping to get rid of that in my own mind, I'd really prefer it if the meme of male as default human isn't spread.