[UA] UA unintenionally sexist? (LONG!)

[Twist0059 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/1/00 7:30:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
redfern at thehub.com.au writes:

> the Freak (gender unknown, but male pronouns are used).


Okay, I couldn't resist.  I just couldn't.  It's biological.

Anyone who claims that The Freak, the avatar (and godwalker?) of the 
_**Mystic Hermaphrodite_** is a sexist element because the writers used "him" 
instead of "her" is -- I say without wanting to come across too hostile or 
tired or grumpy or filled to the brim with the word sexist -- full of shit.  
Sorry for the vulgarity, but that just goes to far into rhetoric.

It's lines like these that make the issue seem trivial and meritless, as the 
nitpicking goes so far as to be unbearable.  




-Twist

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