Take that, patriarchy
Apr. 5th, 2008 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenie_breizhSo I'm in the middle of writing that first chapter of my thesis, right. And I'm talking about colonial rule and its effects on native beliefs about gender and sexuality.
I type out "For example, the Indian Act of 1896 established a rule of patrilineal descent..." and Word puts a little red squiggle under patrilineal ("tracing descent through the male line"). I right-click on the word to see what Microsoft has to offer as a suggestion to correct the word, and here's the best part.
Word thinks I really meant... matrilineal.
I just laughed out loud. For real.
Who knew Microsoft was a radical feminist who thinks only matrilineal descent exist, eh? I feel kind of dirty having to teach it patrilineal, now.
I type out "For example, the Indian Act of 1896 established a rule of patrilineal descent..." and Word puts a little red squiggle under patrilineal ("tracing descent through the male line"). I right-click on the word to see what Microsoft has to offer as a suggestion to correct the word, and here's the best part.
Word thinks I really meant... matrilineal.
I just laughed out loud. For real.
Who knew Microsoft was a radical feminist who thinks only matrilineal descent exist, eh? I feel kind of dirty having to teach it patrilineal, now.
