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: Feverlady von Nippon (feverladynippon) wrote in linguaphiles,
2008-06-05 14:05:00

Feverlady von Nippon
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linguaphiles
2008-06-05 14:05:00

The male default, and why this excludes women

Found an interesting blog entry from the F word blog. I for one wholeheartedly agree with the writer.

The male default, and why this excludes women.

Any comments?

Another good example, I think, from a completely different language family, is Arabic. If a group of people consists exclusively of women, the feminine article and noun are used, but if there is just a single man in the group, a male article and noun. This change does not happen if one woman appears in the midst of an all-male group.

EDIT - really bad typo.

Tags: english, gender, pronouns

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The male default, and why this excludes women

Helena and Penelope, HISTOS (a large web, tapestry) and HISTORY that was not written, but embroided

Are these symbols Korean or Japanese?

諦める and 諦めがつく

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Helena and Penelope, HISTOS (a large web, tapestry) and HISTORY that was not written, but embroided

Are these symbols Korean or Japanese?

諦める and 諦めがつく