On 21 July 2010 20:49, CosmicRay
<cr@cosmicray.co.uk> wrote:
While on the subject of sexism, please don't take the temporary naming of Alpha and Beta as denoting some kind of superior-inferior quasi-social-position of the characters in relation to each other
That was my initial impression, so I felt tempted to point out some kind of neutral basis on which to decide the main character's gender in case there were no other good reasons to consider.
But now I understand the situation. More male Lojbanists.