xarvos to /c/showerthoughts · edit-23 年前"Man" is a fine interjection but "woman" is notmessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-square"Man" is a fine interjection but "woman" is notxarvos to /c/showerthoughts · edit-23 年前message-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThe And Systemlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前It is not the default in the sense that… well, based on reality, it isn’t But in the English language, which doesn’t necessarily have to follow reality, it sadly is. We can only do our best to change it.
minus-squarepingvenolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 年前Yes but also no. It used to be and there are still vestigial parts of the English language where that’s the case.
male is not the “default”
It is not the default in the sense that… well, based on reality, it isn’t
But in the English language, which doesn’t necessarily have to follow reality, it sadly is. We can only do our best to change it.
Yes but also no. It used to be and there are still vestigial parts of the English language where that’s the case.