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Topic	Have you learned to stopped calling women "female"?
The_Apologist 02/25/24 6:28:23 PM #308:	PaperSplash posted... several of the set phrases "the children" tends to actually be used in have strong cultural baggage of their own ("think of the children", "save the children" in certain contexts). But the point is that there's no inherent negativity in using noun or 'the [noun]' constructions. Also, I don't see any baggage in a sentence like "I met the parents yesterday, but I won't be meeting the kids until next week." <cite>The_Apologist posted [p:979040467] in Have you l... [t:80705308]...</cite> <quote>PaperSplash posted... </cite><quote>several of the set phrases "the children" tends to actually be used in have strong cultural baggage of their own ("think of the children", "save the children" in certain contexts).</quote>But the point is that there's no inherent negativity in using noun or 'the [noun]' constructions. Also, I don't see any baggage in a sentence like "I met the parents yesterday, but I won't be meeting the kids until next week."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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