heroine does have unfortunate alternative meanings. But hard to know how people identifying differently than me interpret gender neutrality
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I feel like I've wanted to say something like "you are all heros of <insert movement here>" in an inspirational way
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Why go for a noun that has inherent rendering? Why not something like: "leaders" "activists" "movers and shakers" "vanguard" etc?
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role model(s)? :)
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Totally - there are so many words that we can use to recognise the *incredible* people who inspire us :)
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I have a lot of issues with the concept of role models (not the phrase itself) as I struggle to empathise with people who have them.
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I should work on understanding that people need role models and respect that they don't like metaphorically "killing" them.
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Role models are important to many people. I never realised that until others called me one. I never realised just existing can make you one.
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This is why visibility of URMs and ERCs is vital, because many of us actually need role models.
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when this first came up I wanted to recognise how huge some ppls influence had been on my life, and cost to them of doing the right thing
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I really don't wanna tell you all how to speak. I just cautioned against the assumption that "hero" is inherently gender neutral.
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indeed and your point is well taken - I was only answering why I wanted to use it in the first place, but I shall avoid in future
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You know I still am phasing out "guys" myself even though I hate it. So I really am not gonna be prescriptive. I am actually super against
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linguistic prescriptivism.
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