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Sexism alive in UESP?
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:50 pm
by hypercat
As a person with 9 posts, I am austomatically labelled a 'Layman'. I strongly object to this as I am and will always be female, and I propose that whoever came up with this sexist idea should be beaten to an inch of their life
Jkin, but is this forum sexist?
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:51 pm
by Cactus
Um.. you're an associate now?
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:53 pm
by hypercat
Dang...foiled
But isn't that fact that it could happen an issue or not a problem?
My plan is failing miserably.....
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:00 pm
by Bear
What would you propose to be better or the female equivalent?
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:11 pm
by Cactus
hypercat:
What is your plan?
Bear:
Lay person? Novice? Neophyte? Actually, I like the latter. It just sounds cool.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:23 pm
by Bear
The difference between Layman and Layperson is not a sexist issue, it's just that Layperson sounds oooohhhhh so wrong! On the other hand, I could go with novice over neophyte easily.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:41 pm
by Deandra
Why does the word "woman" have "man" in it?!?! This is an example of sexism most foul!
Seriously though, this forum is about as un-sexist as it's possible for a gaming community on the internet to be.
And can I be a Journeywoman?

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:36 am
by weka
Oh oh, if we're claiming titles, can I pls be Wonder Woman?!!! I always soooooo loved her cape!!! Not to mention those gorgeous pseudo-Grecian dresses that they got to wear on Paradise Island!!!
But seriously hypercat, I've never seen any hint of what I would ever view as sexism here. I really hope the titles don't put you off?!
As Bear says, I don't consider the titles to be a sexist issue, they're just common words that (certainly in the 21st century at least) can denote male or female, but as Deandra points out, just happens to have "man" as part of the word.
The same could be said about the word "female".
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:54 am
by Vesna
Usually, if a mixed group is present, then the pronouns are defaulted to the male side, in most languages. Even in English, when you say "Hey guys!".
Now get together a large group that has only one male and say "Hey girls!". It's fun, believe me.
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:57 pm
by Cactus
I want my title to be, get this..
Cactus King.
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:52 pm
by Masser
I want to be Earth Alliance President Masser.
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:56 pm
by Lunarsweets
I wanna be Lunarsweets...nothing less, nothing more....(except a title called admin would be nice...)
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:50 pm
by Magnus
The ranks within this forums are based off the ranks within the Temple in Morrowind. It has nothing to do with sexism. The Bethesda Forums use the exact same method for ranking.
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:14 am
by The Tourist
Seeing as I spent as much of the non-festivity periods of Xmas on
Call of Duty 4 on Xbox Live (guns'n'swearing, guns'n'swearing, guns'n'swearing - I adore
COD4 online..

), this place is like some kind of runaway unisex experiment.
So even though the point was raised in semi-jest, this place is about the least sexist videogame related thing I've ever seen. Heck, sometimes it seems we're one step away from having the colour scheme pink, with
Nintendo DS written across the screen...
(a pink DS Lite is officially the most non-guy-gamer thing ever... )
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:14 am
by weka
Ohhh yeis pls!! Pink is pretty!!

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:17 am
by Lunarsweets
Pink Ds's are kinda wierd looking, the just look not meant to be... by the way, on my way back from my uncle's wedding*, my little sister lost her DS (was also pink).
*This was a little after x-mas.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:46 am
by Stan RedGuard
My DS is pink. It is my second favorite color after green.
Yeah, this is a pretty funny topic.

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:02 am
by Sublymonal
Deandra wrote:Why does the word "woman" have "man" in it?!?! This is an example of sexism most foul!
Seriously though, this forum is about as un-sexist as it's possible for a gaming community on the internet to be.
And can I be a Journeywoman?

WARNING: DO NOT TAKE THE FOLLOWING SERIOUSLY
It is woMAN because women are the Woe of Men.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:58 am
by lostsin
Sublymonal wrote:Deandra wrote:Why does the word "woman" have "man" in it?!?! This is an example of sexism most foul!
Seriously though, this forum is about as un-sexist as it's possible for a gaming community on the internet to be.
And can I be a Journeywoman?

WARNING: DO NOT TAKE THE FOLLOWING SERIOUSLY
It is woMAN because women are the Woe of Men.
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
thats sexist
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:03 am
by ace62394
Don't copy and past like that because it extends the page width and makes it hard to read.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:53 am
by Teinaava
Please don't necropost, especially with something off-topic. Check the date of the last post before you post.
The Forum Rules wrote:Necro-posting - This is bringing old topics back to life. If you have a legitimate reason for resurrecting a topic, to ask for more help on the same subject, that is fine. If the topic is weeks old, then they have probably received the help they needed. Making a comment in an old topic only makes you look bad, and is considered to be post flooding.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:24 am
by Deandra
Let's see... Off-topic? check. Tasteless? Check. Necro-posting? Check.
Post deleted.