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Avoiding non-inclusive language #1

Open claremacrae opened 2 years ago

claremacrae commented 2 years ago

Hi, I just this in Discord:

/* Names */
.MaleName {
}
.FemaleName {
}

What's the thinking behind this, and how will it feel to people who don't fit in to those binary categories?

That aside, how well does this work in different communities around the world?

SkepticMystic commented 2 years ago

Thanks for contributing to this discussion. I replied on the Discord. The gist of it is that I agree with changing the class name per Bri's suggestion. I do still think there is some use in having that information, though. Eleanor mentioned she finds it useful in fiction writing, for example. So I think I'll leave it in, change the class names, and de-emphasise it in any docs. Bri has also volunteered to write a bit about the pitfalls of this kind of feature, which I'll add to the readme.

I'll leave this issue open for further discussion

claremacrae commented 2 years ago

That's all great. Thank you very much indeed.