Casey Miller Quote

Conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat.


The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing (2001 edition), iUniverse - ISBN: 9780595159215


Conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the...

Conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the...

Conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the...

Conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the...