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    Women Challenges Thesauruses To Change Definition Of 'Feminine'

    Kaya Day is calling all dictionaries and thesauruses to update gender-related words.

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    by atmikapai

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    When she searched feminine on Thesauraus.com, this is what she found:

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    And when she searched masculine...

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    Appalled by the gender-biased stereotypes, she wrote an open letter to Thesauraus.com, addressing these issues and encouraging them to alter the synonyms so that the language reflects the current social consciousness about gender.

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    This takes a lot of guts, so good for you for standing up for what you believe in.

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    Watch the whole video her.

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