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Gender difficulties in essays
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New style manuals imposed on students today in English classes across the globe tell them to avoid generic "he" and rewrite their sentences in other ways. A great lesson and a leap forward in removing the very roots of our self-made patriachical society. The English language is changing whether we like it or not, and generic 'he-him-his' may not even exist in 5 or 10 more years. But what of that one book that has stayed relatively the same for generations? The one that is the basis of our legal system, our moral and ethical values and beliefs? Yes, the all important Bible. The Bible is no longer the untouchable aspect of our society. That's right, ladies and gentleman, publish this very month was the New Revised Standard Version of the book of Christianity. A New Revised Standard GENDER NEAUTRAL Version. The publicity brochure of the New Revised...
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