Dude is a unisex term. Dudette was the feminine equivalent for a while but hasn't been the case for a while.
I got corrected a while back. The more you know!
I got corrected a while back. The more you know!
Not to just go in the weeds there, just had two days of conference with sessions on the social equity stuff.
And, I don't think anyone on this thread was being intentionally rude.
It hasn't been a sex specific pronoun for me in Australia or in the UK where I use to live. As you said, I don't think anyone here was being intentionally rude.
Kevin "bloody" Wilson still making music?
(And I have yet to see any guys get called out or corrected for saying "dude" or even "man" casually to a woman. Though that this is somewhat contextual)
Further, I think everyone should give good pause and thought as to whether or not they really want "west coast, social justice types" to dictate acceptable mores
'He', however, is never referring to a woman. There is no plausible deniability in this case. Let's not play dumb.
> author says that he is pretty bad at javascript but is the dude behind creating codepen. LOL
A commenter incorrectly assumed that a technical blog must, of course, be written by a guy. This was pointed out. Whether the word 'dude' is gender neutral or not is not helping.