gender-neutral pronouns as epic fails (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Tue Aug 3 14:24:55 UTC 2010


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>
> > Traditional Japanese sexism
> > springs straight from the fact that they have no pronoun
distinguishing
> > women from inanimate objects! It makes you treat them the same,
whether yo=
> > u want to or not!
>
> Looks like this goes under topic - language affecting thinking, or
vice versa
>
>
  Or maybe it goes under topic "sarcasm".


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