Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/21

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Subject: [Leica] Mikado, Señoritas, vocabulary, and respect
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:46:59 -0400
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Speaking only for myself, I am not at all bothered by the term "se?oritas",
which, after all, just means young women.  I am bothered by photos that
objectify women but those occur on the LUG seldom enough that I can ignore
them.  I am also bothered by obvious sexism and misogyny which also occurs
on most male-dominated lists and which I point out when it does occur.  I
have read words on the LUG which did disrespect my gender and I objected at
the time.

Tina


On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:23 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> On Jul 21, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
>
> >> Well, now I?ve seen everything. If the collective sensibility on the
> LUG is now such that the term ?se?oritas? is considered derogatory or
> disrespectful, then it is no longer the place for me. Unbelievable.
> >
> > Actually, what I said is that the term has different meanings when used
> by different people. What I am asking is that people not be attacked in
> public for their use of language.
>
> Thank you for that clarification Brian.
>
> Seeing as we have a couple, few women on the list,
> I'd leave it to them to "decide" when we fellas have overstepped our
> verbal usages;
> as they may relate the feminine.
>
> But that's just me.
>
> Personally - I've never read one word on the LUG
> which seemed to imply a disrespect for any gender;
> religion; or any other sub sect of humanity.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
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Replies: Reply from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Mikado, Señoritas, vocabulary, and respect)
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