The one word you don’t want to get wrong
A wide-eyed Alberici realises her mistake
Dr Mumbo is always a fan of politics-as-farce. Particularly when it goes beyond anything that might be realistic for a sitcom script.
The idea that a minister who hospitalised himself after Tony Abbott’s drunken spill party, would then get tanked up in Hong Kong and have to resign over inappropriate interactions with a young female member of staff stretches it a bit.
{quote] Even less realistic that a second minister could then find themselves on the front pages a few days later..[unquote]
Supposition him/herself, known gender him’ or herself
The PC attempted chewing gum fix for the grammatical absence of a common gender, has forced the misuse of “their” instead of his or his/hers. However, “themselves” in place of “himself ” where the gender is known to be male, is simply over stating the PC cringe, and supporting the as yet weak, but growing assumption, that as long as it’s a man getting ignored, it is acceptable journalism.
I maintain that the inclusion of trans, duel and unidentified gender when unknown, supports the absence of a common gender, and supports the use of him/his, or her/hers, to represent all.
Witch/Bitch? what is the difference they are both pejoratives? one may be worse than the other in the minds of some, historically the accusation of the former was once enough to get a woman burned live.