You no longer have a master bedroom

• WebFire

  "Why? In large part for exactly the reason you would think: “Master” has connotation problems, in gender (it skews toward male) and race (the slave master)."
  
  http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2013/04/in-residential-real-estate-bid.html?page=all
  
• FatHobbit

  

  WebFire;1431459 wrote:"Why? In large part for exactly the reason you would think: “Master” has connotation problems, in gender (it skews toward male) and race (the slave master)."
  
  http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2013/04/in-residential-real-estate-bid.html?page=all
  

  Lol at owner being better than master because master implies slaves.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  This mean we can't have a King sized bed as well?
• justincredible

  

  
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Commander of Awesome;1431464 wrote:This mean we can't have a King sized bed as well?

  Nope. It'll be called the hurt feelz bed.
• jmog

  Utterly stupid, that is all I can say about this.
• chicago510

  

  BS.
  
  While they are at it---rename the golf tournament to the "Slightly Above Average Invitational" at Augusta.
  
  Take my dregree away---give me a "The one after Bachelor's Dregree".
• gut

  Sounds like something Ashley Judd would come up with.
• ts1227

  

  chicago510;1431492 wrote:BS.
  
  While they are at it---rename the golf tournament to the "Slightly Above Average Invitational" at Augusta.
  
  Take my dregree away---give me a "The one after Bachelor's Dregree".

  
  To be fair, most members of Augusta National still think that it's bullshit that the Civil Rights Act was passed, so the name makes perfect sense in that regard
• Manhattan Buckeye

  FatHobbit;1431463 wrote:Lol at owner being better than master because master implies slaves.

  That was my first reaction.
  
  Owner is far worse than master...master implies head of household, doesn't mean you own anything, whether it is slaves or tenants.
• wkfan

  Yes, I do have a master bedroom in my home.
  
  It's where I sleep every night.
• wkfan

  ts1227;1431500 wrote:To be fair, most members of Augusta National still think that it's bull**** that the Civil Rights Act was passed, so the name makes perfect sense in that regard

  'Most' members of Augusta National are not Southerners.
• WebFire

  wkfan;1431505 wrote:Yes, I do have a master bedroom in my home.
  
  It's where I sleep every night.

  Racist!
• gut

  But "master" is what I am when I'm dominating bitches
• Heretic

  

  Commander of Awesome;1431464 wrote:This mean we can't have a King sized bed as well?

  You can, but it has to be sized the same as the Queen sized bed in order to not discriminate against FWK.