It's shocking that this has taken so long. We struggled with these language issues in the late 80s and 90s in schools and private businesses. I believe that the changes in language that resulted from those debates did, in fact, create a change in thinking which, in turn, produced a platform on which women have been able to stand and reach higher than prior power structures allowed. The age-old PC argument is that language doesn't matter; well, it does!
It's shocking that this has taken so long. We struggled with these language issues in the late 80s and 90s in schools and private businesses. I believe that the changes in language that resulted from those debates did, in fact, create a change in thinking which, in turn, produced a platform on which women have been able to stand and reach higher than prior power structures allowed. The age-old PC argument is that language doesn't matter; well, it does!
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