Re: verb gender

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:37:21 GMT, "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:42E658B0.1837@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

> Ron Hardin wrote:

[...]

>> It's sexism to say that a woman can't fly an airplane
>> properly, or can't do math.

>> It's not sexism to say that mostly they're not interested
>> enough to dedicate the time necessary to become world
>> class at it, as distinct from lacking the talent for it
>> if they went for it. They mostly prefer a social life,
>> when the time comes to choose how many weekends they're
>> going to give up for it, the contrary male example being
>> all weekends. So they drop out.

> Not merely a jerk, but a clueless jerk. It's sexism to say
> that "mostly they" anything.

Unless, of course, one has hard evidence. I think it very
safe to assume that Ron has none.

Brian
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