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bigfatmatt01 t1_iu5cppz wrote

I completely understand the reason for feminists not liking to use woman (although a bit childish imo) but I don't understand why you don't just create a whole new word. Spelling it womxn and then pronouncing it woman is just dumb. Spelling of a word itself holds no meaning other than to represent the sound of the spoken word. If you still pronounce the word as woman it's still the same word, just misspelled. I'm not some anti-feminist btw I just think there are more important fights to fight for the movement.

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_Maggie_Dickens_ OP t1_iu5payi wrote

You are correct there are much larger fights inside the movement. And I am sure there are some that are working on alternative language. I am of the opinion to use the better option while the next best thing is being created. But as mentioned in the NYT article it isn't perfect by any means.

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