Thursday, 4 September 2014

Microsoft Word puts me right.


I try as often as I can to not use the limiting "his or her" or "he or she". Because there is more to our society that "him or her"; not everyone identifies as one of these two available genders. 

Gender is a construct, and Word is encouraging me to continue to reinforce this construct.

I suppose I can't expect a piece of software to comprehend the nuances of language in the discussion of gender.