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11-10-2018, 09:53 AM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

Will these new words be going in the dictionary?
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11-10-2018, 10:02 AM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

All this bollux brings out the mischief in me...last time I had to fill in a form where it said White British I crossed out British and wrote English just for the hell of it.
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11-10-2018, 10:07 AM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

Originally Posted by ruthio ->
All this bollux brings out the mischief in me...last time I had to fill in a form where it said White British I crossed out British and wrote English just for the hell of it.
And why not!
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11-10-2018, 10:21 AM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

Hi

This nothing new, twenty odd years ago one of the feminists in our office insisted that ladies be called members of womankind.

Females or ladies was considered to be demeaning.
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11-10-2018, 02:51 PM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

This nothing new, twenty odd years ago one of the feminists in our office insisted that ladies be called members of womankind.

Females or ladies was considered to be demeaning.


My husband worked in an office and he asked if this certain department was being manned and she screamed at him.... STAFFING! STAFFING! Pathetic x
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11-10-2018, 03:07 PM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

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Hi

The latest piece of progressiveness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45810709

I am having trouble remembering all this.
How silly!
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11-10-2018, 03:26 PM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

Originally Posted by Lion Queen ->


My husband worked in an office and he asked if this certain department was being manned and she screamed at him.... STAFFING! STAFFING! Pathetic x
It isn't pathetic actually.
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11-10-2018, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by tarantula ->
It isn't pathetic actually.
well I think it is actually
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11-10-2018, 04:15 PM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

What's being argued here?
The word "manned"?

Can't we 'man the fort' any longer?

Explain please.
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11-10-2018, 04:50 PM
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Re: You are no longer a woman, you are a womxn

Originally Posted by ruthio ->
What's being argued here?
The word "manned"?

Can't we 'man the fort' any longer?

Explain please.
No you have to "mon the fart"!
 
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