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New words for new genders?
Asked by Fenris (1174)
March 16th, 2010
So, there’s more than two genders, and gender isn’t necessarily fused to sex anymore, that much has been made certain. However, a problem arises in the proletariat’s English – the only pronoun we have outside of the masculine and feminine is ‘it’, and this is considered derogative, at least as far as I know.
So here’s the question: If English isn’t prepared to handle this new ethical and philosophical twist, then English is going to have to evolve in a Lamarckian manner rather than a Darwinistic one.
What words do you propose for male gender/female sex, female gender/male sex, hermaphroditic, and gender neutral non derogative, and any others I haven’t come across yet?
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