"Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed."
"conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat."
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Source: Casey Miller, Kate Swift (2001). “The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing”, p.8, iUniverse
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