The worst ideas almost always seem to arise from universities, don’t they? The Wall Street Journal recently published an editorial scorching Stanford University’s “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative,” which does away with triggering words like “American,” “immigrant,” and “master.” “Call yourself an ‘American’? Please don’t. Better to say ‘U.S. citizen,’ per the bias hunters, lest you slight the rest of the Americas,” they wrote.
We’ve heard of “womxn,” which uses the “x” to remove any trace of the word “man.”
Why we're using 'womxn'
No, that's not a typo: 'womxn' is a spelling of 'women' that's more inclusive and progressive. The term sheds light on the prejudice, discrimination, and institutional barriers womxn have faced, and explicitly includes non-cisgender women.
— TEDxLondon (@tedxlondon) September 5, 2020
Northwest Missouri State University threw us a curveball, though, when it announced the theme of its “Womynx History Month.” That’s the only occasion where we’ve seen “womynx,” thankfully, though there may be others out there.
Now Christopher Rufo has got a hold of the University of Texas’ speech code, which defines the word “wimmin” as a nonstandard spelling of “women” to avoid including “men.” (The excerpt also defines white supremacy and woke.)
The University of Texas is now promoting the word "wimmin," so that students and faculty can "avoid the word ending in '-men.'"
According to UT, this is "empowering." pic.twitter.com/E6ef5MsI2T
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 2, 2023
Wtf? What happened to Woperdaughter?
— Social Distance Champion (@realchrishynes) May 2, 2023
The correct word is “woperdaughter”
Woman
Woperson
WoperdaughterGets rid of any pesky male reference.
— Vegas is my happy place (@hyperfocal) May 2, 2023
Lol who actually spells it like that?
— Jacob Bloom (@JacobBloom31) May 2, 2023
At Dartmouth in the 1980's it was "womyn".
— Mr. Delgado (@edleddy66) May 2, 2023
I refuse to be called anything other than a womxn.
— Sarah Beth Burwick (@sarahbeth345) May 2, 2023
RIP their mintions on social media.
— Political Sock (@politicalsock) May 2, 2023
— ScyfyGrandmom (@SciFiMom13) May 2, 2023
The ironic thing is this term likely includes men.
— Rebecca V-Devoted Reality Believer (@RebeccaAVelo) May 2, 2023
“Trans wimmin are wimmin.”
I like wymyn better
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) May 2, 2023
But “min” is clearly short for “minimum” which is demeaning and offensive.
— Big Booty Breakfast Taco 🌮 🐊 (@katbritton08) May 2, 2023
— Sentinel 🇺🇸 Christian. Wife. Mom. Pediatrician. (@Act_Forward) May 2, 2023
I found that hoochie momma is acceptable to most profession wimmin
— Mark (@MarkJam73395966) May 2, 2023
Look how they merge the definition of "white supremacy" with the invented concept "whiteness" so that whiteness," or simply being white, means the same thing as white supremacy.
— The Rosary Strangler (@realWendellWard) May 2, 2023
Yep … white folx are like goldfish in a bowl, not realizing that they’re swimming around in whiteness and white privilege every day.
It's unreal that people are still paying thousands and thousands of dollars and going into debt to attend the useless indoctrination factories that used to be educational institutions.
— Cheri Stahl (@CheriStahl27) May 2, 2023
What this editor can’t understand is how universities, as woke as they are, are still handing out “bachelor’s” and “master’s” degrees to wimmin. That’s as sexist as it gets.
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Related:
University announces the theme of its Womynx History Month celebration https://t.co/VmXSnfALMZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 2, 2022
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