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Old March 15, 2010, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bobjenkins
No lo entiendo por qué unas personas quisieran que nosotros lo escribamos así. Me parece que nadie no tiene las intentiones de menospeciar a las mujeres por escribir "los padres , etc." Siempre se necesita a fabricar problemas no necesarias para molestarnos .
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Originally Posted by xchic View Post
Except in this case - because just saying padres could be understood as fathers, and excludes mothers!
As always, it depends on the context it is used.

After all "las palomas" also includes palomos. Same thing with "Padres" that includes "Madres".
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