I am a Hucrew!?

Sam Quentin · 01-08-2018 03:35AM #1

From this day forth I will be referred to as a Hucrew,... Because I have given up and I think huCREWity is no longer making sense. THANK YOU AND GOODBYE

http://www.thejournal.ie/seven-year-old-girl-gets-sexist-road-sign-changed-4157793-Jul2018/

Cookie_Monster · 01-08-2018 04:31AM

From the comments:

..And from that day forth women all over New Zealand could dare to dream that one day, they too would have the opportunity to drag heavy copper cable through a field of ****e and muck and up a tar covered pole.

thats the kind of response this story deserves.

Pity the parents actually give that nonsense the time of day instead of encouraging the daughter to do productive things like go out and play / make friends.

RobbingBandit · 01-08-2018 05:28AM

They took our signs...

Alright men back in the pile

Signore Fancy Pants · 01-08-2018 05:35AM

The world has gone to sh1t.

Simon201 · 01-08-2018 05:39AM

Are we hucrew or are we dancer

Canis Lupus · 01-08-2018 06:50AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

From the comments:

thats the kind of response this story deserves.

Pity the parents actually give that nonsense the time of day instead of encouraging the daughter to do productive things like go out and play / make friends.

I think we can all be confident the letter was conceived and written by the mother. I doubt a 7yr old could give a flying f*ck about a linesman. I bet the mother is flicking the bean over all the social media feminism points she's racking up.

Irish Guitarist · 01-08-2018 07:13AM

Glen Campbell is turning in his grave.

cavu · 01-08-2018 07:49AM

What will happen at school when she encounters a teacHER? Doubt teachcrews will look kindly on having grammar corrected by a 7 year old.

What will happen if she see's a bottle of :eek: wHISkey? Her mam should try ordering a shot of wHISnHERsky at the local pub, just to see what that gets her.

Will tHIS have to become tITs now?

[she clearly did not think this through]

Malayalam · 01-08-2018 08:16AM

HuMAN. When is this insult going to be rectified!!! :mad:

tHIS
tHE
sHE

I've had enough of this sh1t.

DONTMATTER · 01-08-2018 08:27AM

The permanently offended are out in force again!

greenspurs · 01-08-2018 08:28AM

She describes herself as " a feminist, Mum ,Political Junkie , "

She'd hardly use her 7 year old as a tool for a bit of SocialMedia Feminism frenzy ? , would she ? hmmmmmm ....

Malayalam · 01-08-2018 08:41AM

DONTMATTER wrote: »

The permanently offended are out in force again!

Or maybe it's the sarcastic ? :rolleyes:

01-08-2018 08:57AM

In a letter to NZTA, Zoe said she was on her way to visit her grandparents when she saw a warning sign that said “Linemen”.

It's a temporary warning sign, not some UNESCO-protected streetname commemorating a good man centuries ago. Easily fixed. If women are allowed do the job now then it's surely a sensible thing to change the name to reflect that and to be clear that women are not excluded? Would anybody expect a stay-at-home dad to be termed a "housewife"?

I don't feel my manhood is impugned or undermined in the slightest by this development of language to reflect career realities in 2018. Indeed, it's good that unconscious bias is brought to the attention of employers so that they can create a more inclusive, and thus more productive, workforce.

Tom Mann Centuria · 01-08-2018 09:11AM

I don't have a problem with the sign being changed, it's a non story. What I hate about this, and it's done by lots of people on the Internet, putting words into kids mouths. It's pretty obvious, to me anyway, the mother had a problem with the sign and wanted traction on social media.

Some made up examples but i'm sure you've all read better examples on Facebook, twitter etc.:

"so my little 5 year old was saying he thought Trump should sign back up to the climate change accord. #proudmom"
Or
"my seven year old was asking why brexit is going ahead, and will he still be able to get his insulin, I couldn't answer #worriedson#worriedmum"

My kids ask What's for tea and is the Simpsons on today, they couldn't give a flyer about road signs or anything really, the brain washing for a cause that parents do nowadays, on all sides of the political spectrum, is tantamount to abuse.

Donald Trump · 01-08-2018 09:46AM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

My kids ask What's for tea and is the Simpsons on today, they couldn't give a flyer about road signs or anything really, the brain washing for a cause that parents do nowadays, on all sides of the political spectrum, is tantamount to abuse.

Tommy Tiernan's bit about the Chinese kids playing the violin vs the Irish kids doing a tumble at the talent competition springs to mind

(Only taking the piss)

TomSweeney · 01-08-2018 09:48AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

From the comments:

thats the kind of response this story deserves.

Pity the parents actually give that nonsense the time of day instead of encouraging the daughter to do productive things like go out and play / make friends.

Exactly, no doubt this child was manipulated into doing this, what a sick person the mother must be, using her daughter for social media attention.

Incidentally I'd love to know the % of "linepeople" in NZ that are women.

tigerboon · 01-08-2018 10:41AM

The sign was up to warn people of works up ahead. Linesman is one of those descriptions where people know straight away the type of works involved and by putting it on the sign, people know what to expect. By changing it they have made the sign worthless and may as well put up a roadworks ahead sign. The type of people who do this kind of work, whether male or female, don't generally bother about the "social issues" of the day

Signore Fancy Pants · 01-08-2018 10:45AM

Her name is Zoe?

Thats very sexist to have a "Female" name. Im outraged.

She should be forced to change her name to "Terry", a nice gender neutral name.

Malayalam · 01-08-2018 10:46AM

Deleted User wrote: »

It's a temporary warning sign, not some UNESCO-protected streetname commemorating a good man centuries ago. Easily fixed. If women are allowed do the job now then it's surely a sensible thing to change the name to reflect that and to be clear that women are not excluded? Would anybody expect a stay-at-home dad to be termed a "housewife"?

I don't feel my manhood is impugned or undermined in the slightest by this development of language to reflect career realities in 2018. Indeed, it's good that unconscious bias is brought to the attention of employers so that they can create a more inclusive, and thus more productive, workforce.

Largely I agree with you. If not too big a deal is made out of any adjustment to language to accommodate glaring gaps in meaning. To do otherwise infantilises women, I reckon.

(Regarding housewife, I have not heard it used for a stay at home dad, in my experience usually they are called ''stay at home dad''! )

There is however a movement in centre spheres, particularly academia or among social policy makers, to upgrade language generally to make it more gender neutral or equitable or some other damn thing. Thus languages that have grammatical genders, like so many do, where masculine gender controls the feminine for purposes of grammar, are running the risk of being - in my opinion - unreasonably modified, eviscerated even. If not now, then in the future. Also because the feminine nouns often derive from the masculine nouns this is seen (by some) as problematic. Etc etc. The same could even be said to apply in languages without grammatical gender - even in English we have nouns that we typically regard as gendered, such as ships being female, and motherlands, or an unconscious bias towards considering stray animals or insects as ''he''.*

Language is hundreds of thousands of years old. It is a defining characteristic of our species. Personally I would hate to see it mucked about with overly much to suit the demands of woke social activists; I think it would be better overall if people in general could be mature enough and secure enough to not be insulted or threatened by terms in common usage, and instead have the mental capacity to fluidly grasp their underlying history and etymology and get on happily with their day.

* Not a language expert so may have some understanding or terms incorrect.

I am a Hucrew!?

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