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minus-squareShifty McCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoOther languages get around just fine without gendered pronouns. I bet there are other languages that feel like English is missing valuable concepts as well (not necessarily gender-related) , but we don’t miss them since we never had them.
minus-squarePyrozo007@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoI didn’t say they didn’t, simply that the idea that “Gendered words serve no purpose” is untrue, they are very useful.
Other languages get around just fine without gendered pronouns. I bet there are other languages that feel like English is missing valuable concepts as well (not necessarily gender-related) , but we don’t miss them since we never had them.
I didn’t say they didn’t, simply that the idea that “Gendered words serve no purpose” is untrue, they are very useful.