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PC or not PC (was sexism in bands)

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Subject: PC or not PC (was sexism in bands)
From: Neal O'Kennedy <nok@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:59:14 +0000 (GMT)
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Kirsty, please......
Speaking as a person who is quite liberally minded, and has no objections
to any person as a member of the band movement, I am sick to death of this
pointless PC rubbish. I don't know where it comes from, but surely it has
no place on this list,where people (for the most part) simply wish to
discuss matters relating to banding.

The other alternative is,so as not to unwittingly insult all men, women,
children, persons who have undergone gender alteration, transvestite,
androgynous, and hermaphrodyte beings who might play with a band, is to
rename the term

"members of humanity who play with brass bands"

hmmmmmm...

Kirsty wrote:
>Surely the name "bandsman" comes from the days when only men (and not
>women)
>were in bands. I think as a female bandsperson that its perfectly
feasible
>to change the title accordingly. If you stayed at home to look after the
>children would you rather be called "housewife", "househusband" or
>"domestic
>scientist"? As the band evolves so should the terminology.
>
>Kirsty

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