AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 7 days agoAm I a good rule?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
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minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYeah I have to second the “master” as a gender neutral. People always think of it as masculine, but there is no feminine alternative for most uses of master. You aren’t your dogs mistress, for example.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago You aren’t your dogs mistress I’ll grant that it sounds a bit archaic, but “mistress” is technically correct there. But yes, agreed that “master” can be used in a gender-neutral way.
Yeah I have to second the “master” as a gender neutral. People always think of it as masculine, but there is no feminine alternative for most uses of master. You aren’t your dogs mistress, for example.
I’ll grant that it sounds a bit archaic, but “mistress” is technically correct there.
But yes, agreed that “master” can be used in a gender-neutral way.