A Monday night sighting of the convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago jolted the surrounding community into high alert and prompted school closures Tuesday, after police warned the inmate now has a weapon.
Curious when we’re going to start saying ‘personhunt.’
Do you expect us to start saying ‘huperson’ as well? Get off it. Not every use of ‘man’ is gendered.
You could say that about many words that are unfortunately getting interpreted as gendered for some reason
Honestly, the term is antiquated beyond just being gendered. We say hunt when we really mean search and capture.
And people make jokes about this but it really can matter. If someone hears there’s a manhunt for Sam Jones, they are more likely to assume it’s a man. It could be a Woman, tho, and using gender neutral terms could help prevent false assumptions.
True, tho I personally think the term takes on a slightly different nuance when applied to something without sentience. We can’t hunt easter eggs in the “kill them” sense because they’ve already been prepped. There’s nothing to kill.
Even if it was just hunt, I’d assume it’s a man because men on average commit more violent crimes than women.
