#where a report found that languages that were completely genderless did not have th most equal society
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really feel like trying to omit all gendered language from everyday speech is so performative. SORRY ^-^
#cin.txt#had this discussion yesterday at my book club#i understand the intention behind it all#like how the male/masculine is the default in languages (eg if theres one guy in a group of girls the whole pronoun used to refer to them is#changed to favour the 1 guy)#but i dont think the solution is to then get rid of ALL gendered references from language and replace it with complete gender neutrality#in invisible women there was a ref to this issue#where a report found that languages that were completely genderless did not have th most equal society#instead it found that natural gender languages were most equal#because 'if you can't mark gender in any way you can't 'correct' the hidden bias in a language by emphasising 'women's#presence in the world'.#so like making everything completely gender neutral has the potential to be not good#i feel like the Tumblr way of using words is much more idk radical?#like everybody still says boy girl guy fella#but we do it in a way that is aware of its meanings and seeking to contradict it anyway#LIKE THAT ONE POST THATS LIKE im doing to girls what people are doing to guys#LIKE YES YES DO THAT#instead of stopping yourself from saying hey guys to refer to a group of ppl#INSTEAD HAVE FUN WITH IT start calling middle aged men babygirl#call yourself a confused little guy when you are confused (esp if youre a cis woman)#not she/her as in cis woman but she/her as in a boat#yeah so true i totally get you#not boy as in a guy but boy as in when you refer to a dog#not boy as in a guy but boy as in kratos' son#yeah that makes sense to me as well
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