Neutral Term

Forum: WWW Style
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Here is a great reference--Bob Allison's Webmaster Page
Date: 1997, Jan 18
From: Martina

She is right. The title "Webmaster" indicates a male Person. Most People imagine first a male when they hear the term Master. Just at the point when they are confronted with female "Masters" or the imagination of it they realize it's a possibility. This is why the word Mistress exists. I am German and german language is full of these discriminating language uses.In that sence the English language is much better. It is a shame, that, especialy the describtion for a person who creates Websites, a "modern" person, involved in new technology, cannot be of doubtfree gender neutral term.

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1 yes, Webmaster is a neutral term by gunslngr@mindless.com, 1997, Nov 04

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