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I think our language favors men. Do you agree-why?
Like how people say "man made" Mr. then Mrs. he or she "Men..." in philosophical quotes and people always say "he" or "that guy" when they don't know the gender of the person (like a person in the car ahead) or if they want to name their pet rock for example they would more likely say Mr. Rocksworth than Mrs. Rocksworth. There are a lot of other examples. I think that we should have gender-neutral pronouns for God and for when the gender is unknown. It could be something like "le." This may seem like a silly argument. That's ok but I think some would agree.
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
when they say a girl is a freshman. haha I have always thought that stupid. You are right, it favours the male gender but I do not know why though. English has a deep root in medieval times when women had no rights at all. Maybe that's why.
- ?Lv 69 years ago
The he in philosophy has some validity, but the rest is a load of crap.
Man made refers to man kind, man was gender neutral in early English they shortened the old term for a male person to man.
I think some would be ridiculous.
"our language was created by men."
Two things, 1 our language was not created, 2 you have no proof it was by men also languages don't get created through the creation of a dictionary. Why do you think only men believed women were inferior?
- 9 years ago
(I think) Our language was created by men, in the 1600's. Around that time women were considered "inferior" to men. Hence, the above.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Huh
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- Anonymous9 years ago
yep it favors men that's why you have to say chairperson isntead of chairman or firefighter instead of firemen,but gunman is still acceptable
- 9 years ago
.-. i was kinda following you on the first few parts .. but you lost me around the middle .-. i kinda agree with you, dont get me wrong, but at the same time i kinda dont ... its hard for me to explain
- Anonymous9 years ago
You should learn Icelandic.
