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In the hobby forum there is a thread about infection passing to birds via feeders
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?23078-a-bird-feeder-hobby-and-the-problem-of-infected-finches/page2
In that thread I asked about what was called a house finch esp. for a picture.
One was kindly supplied. I asked whether the red was was the male or female.
This got me thinking about the terms male/female.
With the rise of 'inclusive' language we are told that we should not use terms such as male/female, mother/father etc.
Does that now apply to our descriptions in the animal kingdom?
Are we now reduced to terms such as egg layer/non-egg layer? Much more of a mouthful.
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?23078-a-bird-feeder-hobby-and-the-problem-of-infected-finches/page2
In that thread I asked about what was called a house finch esp. for a picture.
One was kindly supplied. I asked whether the red was was the male or female.
This got me thinking about the terms male/female.
With the rise of 'inclusive' language we are told that we should not use terms such as male/female, mother/father etc.
Does that now apply to our descriptions in the animal kingdom?
Are we now reduced to terms such as egg layer/non-egg layer? Much more of a mouthful.