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Topic	"I consciously add as much diversity as I can to my writing"
ai123 03/26/24 10:20:26 AM #181:	GranAures posted... And it is a standard not held in reverse. If a man is allowed to mention his wife back home he is allowed to mention his husband. But the latter needs to be better for reasons. How many times have we seen dialogue such as this between two males: A: You married? B: Yeah, been with my wife five years now/she left me/she died/haven't found the right woman yet. Apropos of nothing, other than basic character building/background. No one objects to this. You change that to: A: You married? B: yeah, been with my husband five years/he left me/he died/haven't found the right man yet And people will screech about shoehorning and forced diversity. Why? --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'. <cite>ai123 posted [p:979570193] in "I conscio... [t:80730216]...</cite> <quote>GranAures posted... </cite><quote>And it is a standard not held in reverse. If a man is allowed to mention his wife back home he is allowed to mention his husband.But the latter needs to be better for reasons.</quote>How many times have we seen dialogue such as this between two males:A: You married?B: Yeah, been with my wife five years now/she left me/she died/haven't found the right woman yet.Apropos of nothing, other than basic character building/background. No one objects to this.You change that to:A: You married?B: yeah, been with my husband five years/he left me/he died/haven't found the right man yetAnd people will screech about shoehorning and forced diversity.Why? --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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