# Men's rights advocates & non-gender inclusive language in historic documents

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-rights-advocates-non-gender-inclusive-language-in-historic-documents/819626>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-rights-advocates-non-gender-inclusive-language-in-historic-documents/819626 "2018-08-15T01:10:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-rights-advocates-non-gender-inclusive-language-in-historic-documents/819626/21 "2018-08-15T18:57:12Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya;](#):
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> I don’t know whether any men’s rights people have tried to use the quote to support their movement, but that would be my argument.

I had a conversation with an MRA-type B of a day in which he was making just the sort of point I allude to in the OP. Hence the thread.

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**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-rights-advocates-non-gender-inclusive-language-in-historic-documents/819626/22 "2018-08-15T19:16:16Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> I had a conversation with an MRA-type B of a day in which he was making just the sort of point I allude to in the OP. Hence the thread.

Hmmm, slippery sloping here - I could imagine a court case arguing this point that relies on leveraging the ever growing population of “originalist” or “textualist” Supreme Court Justices siding in their favor.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-rights-advocates-non-gender-inclusive-language-in-historic-documents/819626/23 "2018-08-15T19:21:47Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Does anyone know of any instances in which men’s-rights advocates have used non-gender inclusive language in historic documents in an attempt to support their odious cause?

- Odious cause? \* In General Questions? \*\*Poisoning the well. \*\*:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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