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This is a question Summer Holidays

'We're all going on a summer holiday, and if you want to go yo Sven' rapped hip hop heavyweight MC Miker G - and it's as true today as it was way back in 1986. Holidays are a time for us to relax, unwind...and disgrace ourselves and our nations. Tell us about your best and worst holiday experiences. Again.

(, Fri 24 Jul 2015, 10:26)
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As much as I object to deeply sexist phrases like "their women", this is a quality rant and I clicked accordingly.

(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 12:04, 2 replies)
if you can explain why that phrase is sexist
I might edit it
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 12:39, closed)
The use of "their" is to indicate inclusion within a set.
In this case, the set is people of foreign origin.
Therefore "their women" means "women who are members of the set of people of foreign origin".

Can you think of a less clunky way of communicating this idea which doesn't use "their women"?
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 14:47, closed)
why not just delete "their"?
*dusts hands*
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 14:55, closed)
Well, because it changes the meaning of the sentence, subtly.
Without the "their" you're left with no distinction between any women at all.

In some countries, they may be happy to oppress the local women who have no defense, but might think twice about oppressing visiting western women backed up by money, power, education, and western governments.

A woman who has never left Wales cannot be really be oppressed by an Emirati in Dubai.
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 15:02, closed)
i only have a weak anecdote
wherein my Australian friend got spat at in Malaysia for wearing a sleeveless t-shirt.

she was 10.

but I fail to see why that should stop us from making wild accusations and throwing around international slurs.
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 15:06, closed)
Hey I'm just playing devils advocate here.
Pointing out there is a linguistic difference which might indicate some nuance of argument, as opposed to being sexist.
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 15:17, closed)
no, let's just assume everyone is sexist and racist
we might get more frothing and keyboard bashing that way.

you sexist racist, you.
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 15:27, closed)
Sexy AND racy?
You say the nicest things.
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 15:41, closed)
yes master

(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 15:52, closed)
Clicking 'I like this'
just isn't enough
(, Tue 4 Aug 2015, 16:10, closed)

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