Gendering in forum
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The goal is to understand each other and for this the language only is insufficient, apart from unnecessary.
The language for this is empathy -
@JohnConnorBear You don't have to agree with me on what is wrong or right. Frankly, I don't know where you got that idea. You also shouldn't feel guilty, so you have no need to stress about redeeming yourself.
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@JohnConnorBear , this is only valid if one thinks in an absolutist way, which in view that an absolute truth does not exist, never is real. There can only be specific co-incidences between people, each one has their own experiences and points of view. Therefore, if we lack empathy and tolerance, coexistence is impossible. Formalisms do not serve, nor if a word has the masculine, feminine or neutral gender, it is irrelevant, it matters how we say something, not what.
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Several months ago i watched [& loved] Nanette. Just now i have watched [& loved] Douglas. Given how some attitudes have been revealed in this thread i can only imagine how much rage would be ... engendered ... in some people here & beyond.
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@JohnConnorBear said in Gendering in forum:
There is no cause or reason for anything
That was stated as a wrong-view. Of course there is a reason. However, you would not be able to take my wallet because I do not use money. If you do kick an innocent person in the groin, of course, you are laying down evil kamma that will likely lead to rebirth in hell, or getting kicked in the groin for no apparent reason in a future existence.
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@Steffie , in Spain there are groups that want to remove the gender from the language, putting everything in neutral. They have not understood the meaning of a language as an added tool to transmit their own thoughts. Apart from that in a communication between people, 70-80% is non-verbal (for this there are emojis in the networks), a language is always neutral, regardless of the gender of a word, it is even more possible to feel equally offended, putting everything in neutral, already with this same misunderstanding, people can feel degraded to things, instead of people. Therefore it is equally absurd.
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@Catweazle Well, just so you know. I will never be upset if someone addresses me as "they", whereas i would be mighty pissed-off if they addressed me as "him, he, sir, gent" et al, on the basis that i enjoy tech stuff ipso facto i must be male because no alternative possibility exists. Women cannot like tech coz they're too busy making bread & babies.
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@Steffie Men can't like tech either, cause they're too busy spreading conspiracy theoriesโฆ or so it seems for some.
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@Steffie , this is the point, but this depends on the machist thoughts of the one who writes or says it, not the language itself, would be equally insulting without gender differences in the language.
We cannot project our own shortcomings and mistakes into the language and blame the language for it. As it is said in Spain, it is to throw the stone and hide the hand. -
@Gwen-Dragon Yes, I have one. Would you mind close the thread as it doesn't serve any purpose any longer?
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