So, the old saw "People have sex, language has gender" no longer has teeth? I have never used "gender" to refer to men and women. I taught my children the same rule of thumb. I suppose this public admission has marked me out for a re-education camp somewhere
So, the old saw "People have sex, language has gender" no longer has teeth? I have never used "gender" to refer to men and women. I taught my children the same rule of thumb. I suppose this public admission has marked me out for a re-education camp somewhere.No just distinguished you from the crowd fawning on the Emperor's New "Clothes," as he parades down the street letting everyone see more of the difference between the sexes than most mannerly folk want to see in public.
Of course, by reducing the difference between men and women to the equivalent of the niceties of language, the Wackos can so trivialize it as to confuse the issue.
William Flax