Comments on: West Point Going Gender Neutral

By: The Gaffe-o-Matic

The Gaffe-o-Matic — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:31:38 +0000

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By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:25:42 +0000

Grewgills'
Interesting addendum....
Though many of these words are not officially recognized {yet?} they are all over the internet.
Oddly "misohomy" is often offered as a more appropriate substitute for "homophobia".
There are organisations presenting themselves as
"masculinist" as a part of their name or self description.
I did find "Masculist" used as an obvious answer to Feminist.
While I welcome the gradual evolution of the language, I do lament sometimes what appears to be the "babelization" of English.
[if there is such a word] [lol]

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:08:33 +0000

Floyd, Masculinist is in Websters online dictionary though the definition is not parallel to the definition of feminist. Make what you will of that.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:00:36 +0000

Grewgills; Thank you for at least a partial correction. "misandry" does appear in Webster's New World dictionary as word "modeled on misogyny" It does not appear in "Microsoft Encarta Dictionary" or in "The New Century Unabridged Dictionary" At any rate, it would really be a misconstruct rather than a misspelling, since the one now appears in A dictionary and the other doesn't. To that extent I stand corrected, thank you. As for Masculinist; it does not appear in any of the above mentioned dictionaries in my library. "Masculinist" would seem to be the gender equivalent of "femininist", whereas "Masculist" would logically and more appropriately be the gender equivalent of "Feminist" If in fact the dictionary publishers should recognize their existence at some point,which to date they have apparently not done. Interesting response, thanks again. Incidently, neither "word" is recognized by the spell check.[lol]

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:49:25 +0000

Ever wonder why the words misohomy or masculist are not in the dictionary?

Because the words you are looking for are misandry and masculinist. Check Websters or OED it's not about institutionalized linguistic unfairness, it's about poor spelling.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:37:26 +0000

At least you are still willing to admit to misology, by substituting facetious nonsense.

I'm saying we create definitions for things that are new or different, because they are new and different. We have more extreme adjectives than we have moderate adjectives. We call a noise loud or soft, but we don't usually label it moderate unless we are comparing it to another noise that is either loud or soft, and sometimes not even then.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:33:06 +0000

Michael;
At least you are still willing to admit to misology, by substituting facetious nonsense.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:05:20 +0000

Ever wonder why the words misohomy or masculist are not in the dictionary?

Because we already have definitions for "tradition", "custom" and "default"?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:02:24 +0000

Always look on the dark side of life...

...and you'll never be disappointed.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:43:42 +0000

Legion;
Ever wonder why the words misohomy or masculist are not in the dictionary?
A little misology, maybe?

By: charles austin

charles austin — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:07:15 +0000

I wonder what sort of misogyny this will bring to the surface...

Always look on the dark side of life...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:05:51 +0000

I wonder what sort of misogyny this will bring to the surface...

Oh, some I'm sure. Mostly, though, the resistance will be of the "tradition for tradition's sake" variety. Most of the Old Grads have resigned themselves to the Corps going co-ed by now.

By: legion

legion — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:04:06 +0000

Wow. That's actually a really big deal. I still remember when the Citadel went co-ed, and the virulent backlash that brought out from (some of) their alumni. I wonder what sort of misogyny this will bring to the surface...