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Gender at the table (lemmy.world)
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[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"He's"

So Gender is male? Interesting.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

Judith Butler has entered the chat

[-] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 months ago

Well associating pronouns with a certain gender is also a social construct, so it still tracks.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago

At least right now

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago
[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

But it's a specific he. It's referring to a specific person.

And why is a generic pronoun male?

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

The answer to your second question is that 'he' was historically used as generic pronouns, though it's not as acceptable nowadays.

[-] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 months ago

It still is in Spanish, language is weird

[-] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 4 months ago
[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

Gender is no one's slave (other than for kinky reasons)

[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

What does being a robot have to do with anything? He still has male pronouns.

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago
  1. Robots presumably don't have a need to be gendered, at least in most portrayal of robots I've seen.
  2. The creator refered to it with a male pronouns, probably because their vision of the character have masculine features. That doesn't necessarily mean the character itself is male gendered.
[-] blackbelt352@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, gender being a social construct doesn't mean everyone everywhere just suddenly becomes genderless androgynous blobs, we still express our gender in the ways we want to express them.

For example High heels, sheer leggings, long curly hair, and a flowy skirt and poofy blouse adorned with shiny bits. Am I describing the style dress of women today or the style of dress of 17th century French kings?

[-] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 months ago

spoilerTrick question, the answer is yes

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