tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14842658.post113203069590136561..comments2024-03-27T02:27:29.264-07:00Comments on Drew Kaplan's Blog: Jewish Domestic Abuse PanelDrew Kaplanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969020134924433950noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14842658.post-1132251035356781852005-11-17T10:10:00.000-08:002005-11-17T10:10:00.000-08:00I came up with the term "lawyeress" in the spring ...I came up with the term "lawyeress" in the spring of 2003. As the term "lawyer" is masculine, I thought that it sounded exclusive, as if women could not be lawyers. And as female, or women, lawyers is too cumbersome, why not just feminize the word to be inclusive of women in said profession?<BR/>You're right, Alexis, I didn't consider or perceive any degradingness towards such people, nor did (or do) suggest that women are less up to lawyerhood than are men. That's my take and that's your take.Drew Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969020134924433950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14842658.post-1132196855838424572005-11-16T19:07:00.000-08:002005-11-16T19:07:00.000-08:00(almost relevant side note: and now back to my reg...(almost relevant side note: and now back to my regularly scheduled activity of working on law school apps!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14842658.post-1132196731014096742005-11-16T19:05:00.000-08:002005-11-16T19:05:00.000-08:00Drew-What's up with "lawyeress"?? As you are the ...Drew-<BR/>What's up with "lawyeress"?? As you are the one who has taken a gender studies course, not me (though I may take one next semester...), don't you feel that making a differentiation between males and females who practice law rather than equally considering them "lawyers" equally fit to serve is much better to use in our language? And I really hope that you have *never* referred to our female forebears as such - it really does sound kind of degrading, like "female lawyer: not on par with a *real* (ie-male) lawyer". Even if you don't percieve this - too bad, it still sounds bad to others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14842658.post-1132123472204509322005-11-15T22:44:00.000-08:002005-11-15T22:44:00.000-08:00the most disturbing of all (though I'm not totally...<B>the most disturbing of all (though I'm not totally naive, it's still shocking to really think about it) is that it goes on everywhere(!).</B><BR/><BR/>Families find this subject incredibly embarrassing, and they attempt to cover it up. You don't hear about it since you tend not to nose into other people's matters. <BR/><BR/><B>Margaret Retter, a lawyeress</B><BR/><BR/>"Lawyeress"??Lab Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548235776787443321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14842658.post-1132113174591647602005-11-15T19:52:00.000-08:002005-11-15T19:52:00.000-08:00Yehuda, Aside from me not wanting to go into edu...Yehuda,<BR/> Aside from me not wanting to go into education, middle school is where it starts (I think).<BR/>I've been searching, but haven't found anything yet for the supposed Talmud quote. I found by googling it, that it might also be something Philo wrote.Drew Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969020134924433950noreply@blogger.com