The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #15099   Message #133653
Posted By: Charlie Baum
09-Nov-99 - 09:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Non-gender-related pronoun
Subject: RE: BS: Non-gender-related pronoun
The Georgian language of the Caucasus Mountains does not distinguish between genders. "Es" means he, she, and it. "Mepe" means both king and queen.

While the language is non-sexist, the people who speak the language have an incredibly sexist culture, sproving that non-gendered language isn't a solution for sexism.

--Charlie Baum, who recognizes gender by distinguishing between chairpersons and chairperdaughters.