Ignorance about negative stereotyping is just as dangerous as ironclad language directives are in my view. Thanks though for responding to the point I tried to make about language directives being potentially fearsome things. Differences in gender are acknowledged only once a year during the mating event where people of the opposite sex are chosen to engage in unspeakable, but necessary, procreative acts. Furthermore, any action or speech that is not expressly permitted is forbidden. I truly love Regis.
Language is ever-changing and deserves to be challenged.
However, I rebel at being hammered to use anyone else's newspeak.