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

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**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, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-rights-advocates-non-gender-inclusive-language-in-historic-documents/819626/20 "2018-08-15T18:54:52Z")

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> [@Why do we read from left to right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-read-from-left-to-right/215/13):
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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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