Professor Penalizes Student: '"Mankind" Does Not Mean "All People” To All People'

Another example of liberals inability to understand human language and this coming from an English professor no less. How can she be this stupid? Its in the dictionary. Mankind does not mean only men. This woman must get triggered every time an old Star Trek rerun intro says "where no man has gone before" Seriously, how can we end this war on basic intelligence by these uneducated liberal professors who believe their definition of a word trumps the actual English language? Are we all supposed to throw out the dictionary because they get triggered over nothing?

man·kind
noun

1. 1.
   human beings considered collectively; the human race.
   "research for the benefit of all mankind"
   synonyms: the human race, man, humanity, human beings, humans, Homo sapiens, humankind, people, men and women
   "for the good of all mankind"

Guess what monumentally callous mistake a Northern Arizona University student made on an English paper, causing her professor to dock her a point?

Would you believe using the word “mankind” instead of using a gender-neutral alternative?

It’s true. Cailin Jeffers, an English major at NAU, told Campus Reform that her professor, Dr. Anne Scott, penalized her for “problems with diction (word choice)” because she used “mankind” as a synonym for “humanity.”

Scott’s explanation? Try this:

I would be negligent, as a professor who is running a class about the human condition and the assumptions we make about being “human,” if I did not also raise this issue of gendered language and ask my students to respect the need for gender-neutral language. The words we use matter very much, or else teachers would not be making an issue of this at all, and the MLA would not be making recommendations for gender-neutral language at the national level.

Jeffers said Scott informed her that she could appeal the grade to the department chair, but otherwise “refused to correct her original markdown.”

Scott also sent an email to the entire class adumbrating her encounter with Jeffers, noting “an important discussion that I had with one of our class members today about gender-neutral language,” adding, “In a class such as this, wherein the course goals, discussions, readings, and assignments are all focused on what makes us ‘human’ and the assumptions we make about such a concept, it is crucial that we also understand what our word choices mean a great deal and have consequences in terms of what we reveal about our assumptions about ourselves and others, and the world generally.”

Scott concluded:

The issue goes beyond “political correctness,” for my colleagues and I recognize that words help to create our reality, power dynamics, and relationships among people. You are welcome to make a statement about your politics, or conscience, or beliefs by using gender-specific language in your papers, and in many cases gender-specific language is called for, when you can discern with certainty the gender of the characters and author you’re discussing. However, I’ll still have to subtract a point or two for any kind of language that refers to all people as “mankind” or readers as “him/he” for the reasons I’ve outlined carefully above.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/14904/professor-penalizes-student-using-mankind-hank-berrien#


And before the same old liberals attack the source screaming fake news...

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...-correctness-dock-student-mark-gender-neutral

http://www.todayevery.com/share/HkQ...tness-dock-student-mark-gender-neutral/785836

 

here we go again with another student and her 'special snowflake' mentality that seems so prevalent in conservative circles. She chose the school, and she chose to decide to try tomeet its academic standards including both the required and elective classes in the curriculum. She can do what she wants with her writing, but the expectations of this professor are clearly spelled out. She is of course entitled to whine, pout or have a hissy fit, but it isn't more becoming on her than it is on the other conservatives that pretend to be victims in higher education.

 

Liberals seem to have gone bonkers both in the USA and in the UK. I fear for the future generations. Politically correct nazism.

University Bans ‘Discriminatory’ Words Like ‘Manpower’ and ‘Christian Name’; Violators Face Punishment

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/uni...and-christian-name-violators-face-punishment/

Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK has told students and staff to avoid gendered words like “sportsmanship” and “manpower,” also saying that “first name” or “forename” is preferable to “Christian name.”

The inclusive-language guidelines, which have been in place for a few years but were first reported by the Telegraph Thursday, are an effort to “promote fairness and equality through raising awareness about potentially discriminatory vocabulary.”

Cardiff Metropolitan takes the policy one step further than similar ones recently rolled out at other Western schools: Most colleges say their inclusive-language guidelines are merely recommendations. But at Cardiff Metropolitan, students who use banned words and phrases could face discipline under the university’s bullying and harassment policy, while employees may also face repercussions, the Daily Mail reported.

The Welsh school’s guidelines offer a litany of advice, warning students and staff to avoid gendered language. It specifically mentions dozens of words to avoid, also offering broad guidelines about how to talk about disabled or transgender people.

“Don’t be too anxious about the use of language, though,” the policy says. “Blind people do use terms like ‘see you later’ and being too careful can make conversation painful for both parties.”

In statements to the British press, Cardiff insisted that it was upholding both academic freedom and the promoting a campus atmosphere free of discrimination.

Cardiff Metropolitan University is far from the only place to implement a so-called inclusive language policy. In December, the University of Sussex in England advised professors not to assume students’ gender, while in January, the doctors’ trade union, the British Medical Association, told physicians not to refer to pregnant patients as “mothers” because it might offend expectant “intersex men and trans men.”

And in the United States, prestigious Princeton came under fire for banning several man-based words, and California State University Fullerton, California State University Northridge, the University of Northern Colorado, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are among several to launch campaigns warning about potentially offensive words and phrases. Unlike Cardiff Metropolitan, though, these institutions don’t threaten formal discipline for violators.

— Jillian Kay Melchior writes for Heat Street and is a fellow for the Steamboat Institute and the Independent Women’s Forum.

 

Quite funny the assumptions you are making all to feel justified defending and hell celebrating this madness

 

If our ruling class were more intelligent I'd say that, with more than a little help from the BBC, it was all a subtly ingenious continuation to dumb down the country even further than it has been hitherto, but seeing as I don't believe they are intelligent, then it can only mean they themselves are dumb? And the more I see things like a children's tv program being aimed a an adult audience, the more I believe it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39444025

. . . including the obligatory 'gay'? 'Social engineering', or what!

 

The leftest agenda to weaken the west and gain ultimate power.........
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I don't think she should have subtracted a point, although it was clearly written in the syllabus that "mankind" was not acceptable language in the course. However, there is really nothing incorrect in what she is saying in her e-mail as an explanation.

If the student wanted the point back, which they willfully risked by using the word, maybe they should have wrote an eloquent and well-reasoned rebuttal instead of whining. I am sure the professor would have welcomed a spirited discussion that would have allowed deeper thinking into the issue.

 

I prefer "humankind" myself...and usually use it. I seldom use "mankind."

Sounds to me that the professor made an excellent point...and handled it well.

I imagine she thought the crazies on the American right would go ballistic about it...

...and apparently she was correct.

Yo...American conservatives...

...you don't like this kind of thing happening???

TOUGH!

 

Humankind ?
Humanity?

Not sure if either of those work either.

 

Good professors teach you how to think, bad ones try to force you to think like they do. One teaches the other indoctrinates. It's easy to tell which type this professor this one strives to be.

 

So, you'd rather have students not think about the meaning behind words because they are commonly used, just because you hate political correctness? I can see who is for indoctrination rather than critical thinking, and it is not this professor.

 

The professor has a sick political agenda that she never should have allowed into the classroom.

 

Maybe the kid is a snowflake or maybe she is just standing up for herself to a higher authority. I would hope she is taking the teacher to task and will stand her ground regardless of some arbitrary mark that will mean nothing in 5 years.

 

Exploring the meaning of words is a great thing but mankind and humankind have the same definition. As has already been pointed out humankind has mankind build right into it. This is a professor trying to force students to use only words she likes. Now you can say that's not indoctrination but from where I'm setting it screams it.

Having said that, it's the professor's class and I don't have much empathy for the student. I had my share of crazy professors. And part of the college experience is learning how to deal with difficult situations.

 

Fair enough!

 

Exactly. She needs to transfer to Liberty University or Trump U where mysoginistic phrasing is not an issue

 

On yeah, I'm sure.

 

Humankind includes human fetuses. Derp.

 

Frankly, I could care less about the teacher or the student.

However, your comment about verifying the story with a link to the London express is hilarious. Basically you are saying that if we don't trust one tabloid we should should look to another tabloid. That's like saying if we don't trust FNN we should verify the story at Brietbart.

 

Have you heard of the dictionary? What she said about the word is 100% false. It does not mean men only. Where do you get that? From what dictionary?

 

Try counting. I included two other links because there is always someone like you who won't believe it just because you don't like the source with no factual evidence to support you.

Thanks for staying predictable.

 

How many using fucheads instead? Seems to fit a lot of people.

 

I never said I didn't believe the story. I said I didn't care. And regardless of many other links you provided, evidencing a tabloid with another tabloid is hilarious. If you had just posted the other links, I would not even have responded.


However, your snarky response was also predictable.

 

Hm. Well, at least English has no grammatical genders, like Latin or Russian. Imagine how THAT would've been taunting these folks..!

 

Use whatever you want.

But if you are participating in a class in which this is a requirement...follow the requirement. Otherwise...TAKE A DIFFERENT CLASS.