Euan Weddell outraged that things reserved for women are reserved for women.
Members are advised that eligibility for seats reserved for women is determined by what sex you are: it has to be the female one. Duh.
Also, while we’re on the subject, when it’s a union for journalists basic literacy is a plus. Not saying “there bulletin” when you mean “their bulletin” would be a good, if horrifyingly basic, step.
Using ‘there’ for ‘their’ is becoming horrifyingly common. It was one of the most frequent mistakes I marked in student papers. Doesn’t anyone learn about synonyms anymore?
You need that to use the ‘argumentum ad homonym’ ;)
iknklast: there and their aren’t synonyms. That’s rather the point.
Doesn’t anyone learn about homophones any more? Its probably because of woke.
You’d think the writer would be better with pronouns.
Yes. Using the wrong pronoun is the worst thing you can do nowadays. You’d think that a man like Euan Waddell would know that.
iknklast: there and their aren’t synonyms. That’s rather the point.
Yeah, big oops. I do actually know the difference. ;-) Just not giving it enough thought before my fingers hit the keys!
I knew that!
“‘Biological sex’ means sex at birth.” No shit, Sherlock.
‘Biologically female’ just makes me want to slap someone.
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