Changing the Language of Fatherhood
Since he became a first time father eight months ago, Paul Hankes Drielsma has been thinking a lot about language. About teaching it to his son, yes, but also about how its use shapes — and limits — his role as a parent. In a guest blog today, Drielsman, who is a post-doc in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, writes about words — the ones we need to stop using, and the ones we need to use more. And yes, I know I am running this critique of gender-laden language in a blog titled the