[Smt-talk] Gender Terminology in Music

[Jennifer Bain]

Dear Dimitar,

You wrote:


>I think that nobody gets personally offended when they read authors who
>use the general category of "man" to imply all human beings.


I am offended. And there is a whole large group of men and women currently
discussing this on Facebook who are offended. It is not difficult to
adjust your language, and to do so eloquently.

I am astounded that this conversation is taking place in 2014, and I can
assure you that I am not alone.

Jennifer

Jennifer Bain, Ph.D.
Chair, Dept. of Music

bainj at dal.ca
902-494-1142

Dalhousie University
6101 University Avenue
Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2