<div dir="ltr">I once knew someone who wore a swastika emblem. To all who asked, he'd say, "This is not a Nazi symbol. It's a Navajo symbol. Look, it runs in the reverse direction from the Nazi swastika." I believe he was sincere, but he probably offended everyone who saw it. He remained convinced he was in the right to wear it, could rationalize his decision, and apparently lacked empathy for the pain it caused others.<div>
<br></div><div>When talking about accented and unaccented events in relation to metric placement, the effects of which can be easily conveyed with such clear terms, what's the reason for using other language that offends a large number of people? best to all, walt everett</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Michael Morse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mwmorse@bell.net" target="_blank">mwmorse@bell.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr"><br>May I trust that this repulsive and witless ad hominem will not see dissemination? Thank you.<div><br></div><div>MWM<br><div><hr>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 22:17:31 -0400<br>Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] Gender Terminology in Music Theory<br>
From: <a href="mailto:psheehan251@gmail.com" target="_blank">psheehan251@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:mwmorse@bell.net" target="_blank">mwmorse@bell.net</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org" target="_blank">smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a><br>
<br><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Readers (and Trolls):</div><div>Of course "feminine cadence" and "masculine cadence" are examples of sexist usage. Ascribe, describe, Ockham? It's sexist.</div><div> </div>
<div>In addition to Paul's utterly reasonable alternative (crusis, etc.), one could simply distinguish between "metrically emphasized" and "metrically non-emphasized" events.</div><div> </div><div>
All the best,</div><div>Paul Sheehan</div><div>Nassau Community College</div><div>Garden City, New York</div></div><div><br><br><div>On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Michael Morse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mwmorse@bell.net" target="_blank">mwmorse@bell.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Like "sexist," the attributions "masculine" and "feminine" are ascriptive, not descriptive. Adjectives have no direct prescriptive power in reality, despite their undeniable if merely occasional affective influence; <i style="font-size:12pt">that </i><span style="font-size:12pt">matter was sorted out in 1324 by William of Ockham. Today, 1991 is every bit as much ancient history as 1324.</span><div>
<br></div><div>MW Morse</div><div>z. Zeit freier Kunstler<br><div><br><div>> From: Jennifer.Bain@Dal.Ca<div><br>> So to refer to a cadence that ends on a strong metric position as<br>> masculine and one that ends on a weak metric position as feminine is not<br>
> sexist...? Didn't we sort this out in 1991?<br>> <br>> Jennifer<br><br></div></div></div></div> </div></div>
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