On "Pets" and "Its"
Animal Person
MARCH 18, 2010
I went back to New York to the areas where I grew up and went to college and graduate school for a five-day weekend. All animals except the dog are called "it" (I did a little experiment to see what would happen). We need language that doesn't support a divide between "pet" animals and everyone else.
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