2023-01-14 09:33 UTC
@weaniejeanie53@mas.to that's good although if they don't want to disturb the owl they won't have sex checked them.
A female owl may be more likely to adopt an obscure home if she is brooding owlets. Why does management always refer to "He" ?
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@keithreeder@newsie.social 2023-01-14 15:03
@Kay@mastodon.nz @weaniejeanie53@mas.to Why not? It's a *very* long-standing convention (which began in British jurisprudence) that in the absence of specific information as to sex, references to "he" can be construed to include "she". It's just a traditional shorthand, nothing more.
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@Lohoris@livellosegreto.it 2023-01-15 13:31
@Kay@mastodon.nz @weaniejeanie53@mas.to I would agree with this if we KNEW they did NOT sex check the owl. But we don't know that. Maybe they did, which is why they aren't using neutral.