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In our recently submitted grants we had to change “traumatic brain injury” to “concussive brain injury” and “male and female mice” to “male and non-male mice” because traumatic and female are now verboten words that can get our grants killed. It’s insanity.
I think the male is a bit hostile and problematic too. It should be non-male and non-female
Can’t use the word female in any context so it would have to be non-male and non-non-male.
I prefer “those who is” and “those who ain’t.” Binary and inclusive.
Is you is, or is you ain’t my baby.
Just strip the distinction at this point.