Re: [lojban] gender

[djandus <jandew@gmail.com>]

The way I see it, gismu are preferably things that can be clearly defined. If the meaning isn't apparent, then how are we supposed to use it?

When I look at the issue of gender, I see a few different things:

the question of what kind of gametes you have, which is generally the same as...

the question of what kind of gamete-producing structure you have, which is {terganti}

the question of what your 23rd chromosomal pair consists of, which is related to {jgina be fi lo ganti}

and, finally,

the question of whether you are male or female, which is entirely culturally defined. There is no way to define it explicity. For this reason, I'm of the opinion that if you need to use a word as culture-specific as "male" or "female" (or analogous words in other languages), then use fu'ivla or, simply, {la}.

It's not that it's too complicated to be a word, it's that it's too culturally dependent to be a lojban gismu.

NOTE: I purposefully left sexual preference off the list. At least to me, I've always been able to easily separate "male vs. female" from sexual preference throughout my upbringing. Similarly, Lojban already has them clearly separated already. (tercinse) So, IMO, that issue's already covered.

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