tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post72668252792057077..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Gender NeuteredStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91427867259940907692010-10-27T15:15:17.482-07:002010-10-27T15:15:17.482-07:00Yeah, good point that we can't assume the way ...Yeah, good point that we can't assume the way the referred to their husbands in writing was necessarily what they called them in private. Hard to gather evidence on the latter...the time machine is down for maintenance right now, and even if it were working, probably can't assume the words they would use with a guest present are the same as the ones they'd use with just the two of them.<br /><br />Contemporary plays and novels might be the most revealing sources.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62611166913053248542010-10-27T13:32:45.579-07:002010-10-27T13:32:45.579-07:00Do we know how these women addressed their husband...Do we know how these women addressed their husbands when they spoke with them directly?<br /><br />And thank you, also, sestamibi for the qualification. None of us should be surprised that people are allowed to say: the serial killer and his family.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11326768738187096712010-10-27T13:15:30.651-07:002010-10-27T13:15:30.651-07:00The exclusive use of female pronouns is not univer...The exclusive use of female pronouns is not universal, but is applied only in reference to positions of authority, leadership, and expertise. When referring to criminals, degenerates, and other miscreants, it is still obligatory to use male pronouns exclusively.sestamibinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-35298707056230791442010-10-27T13:02:09.772-07:002010-10-27T13:02:09.772-07:00Reading stuff from the early 19th Century and earl...Reading stuff from the early 19th Century and earlier, I've often noticed women referring to their husbands by their *last* names.<br /><br />Sometimes they even referred to them by their *titles*, as in the diary of the wife of a British general (I think it was Marlborough) who wrote:<br /><br />"His Lordship pleasured me 3 times before removing his boots"<br /><br />(The terminology suggests that the use of the formal title did not interfere overmuch with her enjoyment..)David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com