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Originally Posted by classicman
"fathers, partners and sons” ... still offensive to you? not to me.
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No - because the cultural context is entirely different. If we were coming off the back of two centuries of struggle for men to be taken seriously in the workplace, where no matter what their successes they are routinely denied the identity of worker - with even top executives and politicians judged and identified primarily on their roles as childbearers and husbands - then it would be an equivalent.
Reversing it only works if you can actually reverse all of it.
Bit like with racism :P