Each semester in the European history or politics tutorials I take, the subject of feminism is deliberately raised. And each time feminism comes up it never fails to bring with it controversy.
Controversy is good, debate is good.
Certainly this is true. Feminism, whether used as a term, a label, or in its adjectival form, should stimulate debate, given the myriad of interpretations and meanings attached to the word. One point which perhaps rouses the most heated discussions, however, is university policy on gender-specific language. And this does surprise me. This entails that the University recognises the inappropriateness of terminology such as mankind , man , and he to denote humanity, humankind or people.