[lojban-beginners] Re: lojban for beginners

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

2009/9/9 Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>:
> de'i li 09 pi'e 09 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Alexandre Dezotti .fy. cusku zoi
> skamyxatra.
>> What is demeaning is having always the same examples.
>> It's not diminishing sexism in any way, on the contrary, sexism is a
>> fact of the whole society and not just a personal choice. One cannot
>> just say "well, you could think yourself about some woman carrying a
>> piano", this kind of behaviour just tries to deny the public
>> acceptance and the innate sexism nature of the society. The aim is not
>> making people fuzzy inside, it is rather avoiding to perpetuate the
>> sexism in the minds within our cultural expressions.
> .skamyxatra
>
> So your complaint is that the examples fail to go against the status quo of
> language textbook examples?  You wish to practice reverse discrimination in
> favour of non-stereotypical examples?

At least less-stereotypical examples seem easily achieavable without
lapsing into reverse discrimination:

"three men carry a piano" --> "three people carry a piano"

"ten girls kiss somebody (whoever)" --> "ten children kiss somebody (whoever)"

"la kolumbus. facki tu'a lo cnino gugde" --> "la kolumbus. pa re'u
penmi lo nalsau gugde"

mu'o mi'e tijlan