[lojban] Re: Gender neutrality?

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 20 pi'e 04 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Danny Piccirillo .fy. cusku zoi
skamyxatra.
> No, i mean words that instead of meaning that someone is a boy, it means
> that they are mentally a boy.
.skamyxatra

Technically, "{nanla}" and the like do not assert any specific way in which an
individual has a given gender trait, and so they are equally acceptable for
referring to individuals who are male/female/whatever in different ways.  In
fact, the {gismu} for "male" & "female" ("{nakni}" & "{fetsi}") do not mandate
that one be biologically/genetically/anatomically male/female (and even if they
did, {xorlo} would allow a way around it), and their x2 places can be used to
specify exactly how an individual is masculine or feminine.

> Everyone is used to using words that describe what people are biologically,
> but we should be talking about gender identity unless we really do want to
> talk specifically about their biological sex.  So, the terms that mean
> identify as male, female, genderqueer, etc, should always be preferred when
> talking about humans (or even bots/androids that are supposed to have a
> gender since they don't have a biological sex).

Why can't we just move past that and refer to everyone as "{prenu}" as they
truly are?  All forms of gender identity are equally irrelevant.

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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