Thread: Regarding choice of gender...

It'sJanuary 1996. There is no evidence of any discrimination here, it's purely philosophical, no politics involved... so i am wondering at this choice of gender.

The discussion is about truth and knowledge of a person, truth about a person (gender is irrelevant here).

Here is another istance of referring to 'her':
But in knowing other persons such a goal is incoherent and unethical, because there is no getting around the authority of the person known, her right to speak for herself and have a say about how she is to be known.

So the author always refers to a person as SHE.

Originally Posted by alexsms

It'sJanuary 1996. There is no evidence of any discrimination here, it's purely philosophical, no politics involved... so i am wondering at this choice of gender.

The discussion is about truth and knowledge of a person, truth about a person (gender is irrelevant here).

Here is another istance of referring to 'her':
But in knowing other persons such a goal is incoherent and unethical, because there is no getting around the authority of the person known, her right to speak for herself and have a say about how she is to be known.

So the author always refers to a person as SHE.

Is the author female?