[lojban] Re: Gender neutrality?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 02:00:26PM +0000, Minimiscience wrote:
> de'i li 20 pi'e 04 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Danny Piccirillo .fy. cusku zoi
> skamyxatra.
> > If there are terms for boy, man, girl, and woman, there are surely terms for
> > one who identifies as masculine or feminine, or androgynous, genderqueer, etc
> > and those are the terms i think should be preferred in common conversation
> > when talking about someone who has a gender identity (all humans).
> .skamyxatra
> 
> If you mean words that are suitable for individuals regardless of their gender
> identities, yes, there are words for those.  "Human" is "{remna}," and "person"
> (not necessarily human) is "{prenu}."  "Child" is "{verba}," "offspring" is
> "{panzi}," "parent" is "{rirni}," "sibling" is "{tunba}," "uncle/aunt" is
> "{famti}," et cetera.

And, in fact, most of us use {remna} or {prenu} almost all of the
time (that is, except when a distinction is important).  I prefer
{remna}, because I wish to reduce confusion when our future robot
overlords arrive, but most people use {prenu}.

-Robin

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