Quote:It's not that they are considered offensive, it's that in this day and age when we are trying to treat people as equals regardless of sex, the laws should not be written in a way that treats men and women differently.   Why does it matter to the law if a person is a husband and not a wife or vice versa?   It shouldn't.   Hence the need to refer to "spouse" and not "husband" or "wife."

But men and women ARE different. That's why men are called men (or boys or male) and women are called women (or girls or female). If you're for true 'equality' then you would have to do away with everything that identifies people as different be it gender or race/ethnicity for the purpose of this discussion. But in general fat or skinny, athletic or not, tall or short..... The list goes on. If we were all supposed to be the same then God or whatever you believe in would have made it so.


Hitler thought everyone should be blonde haired and blue eyed white folks and we all know how that worked out. My point is we are different and should embrace it. Why would we want to be like everyone else whether in flesh or on a piece of paper? I personally like my uniqueness.

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