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    Default Re: LGBTAitP Part 23: Et tu, ~Bianca?

    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    What do you all think are some of the effects of a language being inherently gendered, like the romance languages are?
    None beyond the fact that some words happen to be male, some female and some neither. What makes a word male or female is hardly related to men and women for example in Icelandic penis, breast, uterus, sword and ship are all neither male nor female while pants, computer, office, gun and helicopter are female and window, socks, car, knife and dress are male.
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