Useful? Is gender really the most useful information to convey? How about age, quality, qualifications, nationality, heritage, hobbies, fetishes, whatever. I don't really feel strongly on the subject one way or the other, but this part strikes me as odd.Mandalore_15 said:the reason we have these distinctions is that they relay useful information, i.e. your gender.
You lost me, how is acknowledging something sexist???DarkRyter said:It acknowledges a difference in gender.
Sexist? Yeah.
A big deal? A huge social injustice? The sigil of doom for society? No.
At the risk of sounding like some religious conservative intolerant (i.e. my mom) I'm pretty sure the gays beat you to that.AlexNora said:iv always wanted to go around calling everyone girl.6_Qubed said:I tend to use male terms in a gender-neutral capacity, which is a very fancy way of saying I call everyone "Dude."
My niece hates it.
hey girl xD
Deshara said:Well, why do we have a Queen and King? Waiter or waitress? It's a hold-over from the languages that English comes from/borrows from heavily, having gender-tensed nouns to give a more specific feel to the statement.intheweeds said:That doesn't answer the question though. How is it useful? What could you imagine doing differently with your male landlord vs. your female one that would make that information useful?Deshara said:It's useful to know the gender of your ruler. When they stuck the term "lord" on the end of "land", so too came with it its gender-specific useage.Housebroken Lunatic said:Uhm. how is it "useful" to know the gender of someone's landlord?Mandalore_15 said:the reason we have these distinctions is that they relay useful information, i.e. your gender.