University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has now removed the word “freshman” from official university documents, citing “gender inclusive language" as the reason.

rebuildingMyself · 2012-10-24T01:22:45+00:00

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DavidByron · 2012-10-24T03:44:52+00:00

I actually accidentally read this as

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has now removed the word “feminism” from official university documents, citing “gender inclusive language" as the reason.

which would be a jolly good idea. I bet if someone suggested it they'd get right on that.

AnnArchist · 2012-10-24T04:44:20+00:00

But they still give out women's studies degrees. Lol

SSJAmes · 2012-10-24T00:31:29+00:00

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NeuroticIntrovert · 2012-10-24T00:56:17+00:00

This is a non-issue. Calling them freshpeople, freshfolk, frosh, or firstyears doesn't oppress men. Also, these sorts of things in language do influence how people think, for example: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102518565

2012-10-24T06:37:38+00:00

Fresh-homo-sapiens. I like it.

2012-10-24T14:48:21+00:00

Some of this politically correct stuff is just out right stupid. So what if freashman has "man" in it.

2012-10-24T05:52:30+00:00

I feel it prudent to point out that man actually just means human, or at least it did when words like freshman came about... hell, it meant human when the word woman fell into use.

They should probably stop teaching women's studies and start teaching linguistics... or you know, anything... anything which will result in intelligence, rather than baseless draconian censorship.

migonzo · 2012-10-24T07:55:50+00:00

One day maybe they'll be going to school for bachelorette degrees lol

Title	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has now removed the word “freshman” from official university documents, citing “gender inclusive language" as the reason.
Author	rfu410
Upvotes	16
Comments	17
Date	October 24, 2012 12:28 AM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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