Re: [lojban] gender

[vitci'i <celestialcognition@gmail.com>]

On 11/06/2011 07:57 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Sunday 06 November 2011 16:46:04 jongausib wrote:
>> I wonder if there's a word for sex/gender in lojban?
>>
>> Could you say something like "ma terganti do" and the answer is nanmu
>> or fetsi (or something in between) to describe the biological sex of
>> someone (usually defined by chromosomes, hormones, the presence of
>> ovary, the shape of external genitalia etc).
>>
>> The sociological defined gender may be something else, but I think
>> {tercinse} is useful for most situations since gender is what you're
>> doing rather than what you are, according to for example Judith
>> Butler. So tercinse could probably include if you identify yourself
>> as, are attracted to and/or have had some sexual experience with other
>> males and/or females, and how feminine/masculine you are according to
>> some standard.
>>
>> Does this makes sense?
> 
> Yes, but what does x2 of "gencinse" mean?

Where did "gencinse" come from?

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