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Dinat's avatar

Its good to be your sister

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Groucho Marks's avatar

Enlightening and enjoyable.

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The Gender Nerd's avatar

Thank you!

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Rue R's avatar

Fascinating article. (I have also always wondered why inanimate objects are gendered in some languages. How did that develop?) This also reminds me of the push in English to use one word for a profession instead of two: such as actor/actress.

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The Gender Nerd's avatar

Great question! Semitic languages - Hebrew, Arabic - are gendered so there must be some historic reason. I admit that using 'actor' for women still sounds off to me, but that may be an individual thing...

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Rue R's avatar

It does to me too, but I understand the reasoning.

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The Gender Nerd's avatar

So do I...

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