Nicely-worded job advert. Men only need apply?

[Pingu]

so did you search for the job or did it just come to you at random?

 

[Termite Man]

so did you search for the job or did it just come to you at random?

I'm starting to wonder that now. Is ymu on a crusade to out sexist job adverts?

 

[ymu]

You're all very fucking weird. Why wouldn't I be aware of what is going on in my field?

 

[temper_tantrum]

It's a good job you weren't there when my boss made a casual remark about almost deciding to hire someone other than me, because of the potential costs of maternity pay & temp replacement staff costs, should I ever get up the duff ... !!

 

[Treacle Toes]

I'm starting to wonder that now. Is ymu on a crusade to out sexist job adverts?

Seems like a valuable use of spare time as opposed to what you are doing here trying to bait her into an argument for no bloody productive reason at all.

You're all very fucking weird. Why wouldn't I be aware of what is going on in my field?

You are kerazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy girl! Why would you want to be aware of what's going on in your field?

 

[frogwoman]

nice one for pulling them up!

 

[oryx]

(ii) 'He/she' and 'his/her'. When writing, that's the one I usually opt for, but I understand that some people dislike the clumsiness of it. When speaking in a situation in which I want to be very careful, I often use 'he or she' and 'his or her', but it feels a bit long-winded and maybe sounds over-fussy.

(iii) Using 'they' and 'their' as singular. I'm not keen, but I think this is probably the future. I notice that someone earlier on the thread wanted this. Probably there are now lots of people to whom this always sounds natural and right. Fair enough, but I just ask them to recognise that there are people who feel it's wrong or are confused by it. My mother couldn't accept that usage. It didn't annoy her. It was simply obvious to her that it was wrong. We could dismiss her response, since she was old (if she were still alive she would be 86 now), but only a couple of weeks ago I was with three colleagues, all aged over 40, but under 55, who were confused by a short piece of writing that used the singular 'they' and 'their'.

(ii) I thought s/he was standard.

(iii) Someone pulled me up on this today (it was something in my organisation's promotional material, not written by me!) He did apologise for being a pedant though.

I am far from the youngest on here but in a working life spanning thirty-odd years, I've never seen a job ad or person spec referring to 'he' or 'she'. It's quite possible that's because I've always worked in the public or third sector.

 

[Termite Man]

Seems like a valuable use of spare time as opposed to what you are doing here trying to bait her into an argument for no bloody productive reason at all.

So I have to be productive every second of my spare time do I.

 

[Treacle Toes]

So I have to be productive every second of my spare time do I.

Of course not....kinda shitty to attack someone else for doing productive stuff though.