Re: [Woke...] Cambridge Dictionary changes definition of 'man' and 'woman'

On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 19:52:06 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>https://nypost.com/2022/12/13/cambridge-dictionary-changes-definition-of-
>man-and-woman/
>
>Cambridge Dictionary is being blasted by critics online for revising the 
>definition of “man” and “woman” to include people who do not identify with 
>the sex they were assigned at birth.
>
>“Man” is now includes the definition “an adult who lives and identifies as 
>a male though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.”
>
>In the same vein, the updated definition of “woman” reads “an adult who 
>lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a 
>different sex at birth.”
>
>Both definitions previously reflected the outdated views on sex, which 
>assumed that sex and gender identity always adhered to one another.
>
>The changes were quickly derided on the Internet, with political 
>commentator Steven Crowder tweeting “Remember, if you can control the 
>language, you can control the population.”
>
>Daily Caller writer Mary Rooke called the dictionary writers “F-ing 
>traitors to the truth.”
>
>“Cambridge Dictionary is only the latest. If we don’t stop them from 
>erasing women our civilization is [not going to make it],” she claimed.
>
>Dan McLaughin, a senior writer at National Review, viewed the revision as 
>dystopian as opposed to progressive.
>
>“1984 wasn’t supposed to be a how-to manual,” he tweeted.
>
>Still, some social media users pushed back on the backlash, labeling 
>critics transphobic and celebrating the changes as more inclusive.
>
>“Guess what transphobes are upset about now? You guessed the dictionary, 
>didn’t you,” Evan Urquhart of Assigned Media tweeted.
>
>“[Trans-exclusionary radical feminists] ganna [sp] blow a gasket,” 
>sculptor Daniel Lismore shared. “Trans people deserve to be recognized for 
>who they are.”
>
>Similarly, the UK-based group Bristol Leading Against Transphobia hailed 
>the decision as “Fantastic news.”

I imagine that Rome, Greece and other ancient civilizations began
their decline with cultural confusion and division.