prior to “knowing the pronoun” u could argue that the “true” form of the dog is known but bc the pronoun is necessary to attribute hooman attributes it feels less true and less real
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ever notice how different the thought form of a dog changes once u know its gender e.g. it goes from “beautiful” to “handsome” or “social” to “spunky”
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in languages where the pronounced pronoun for male/female/thing is the same sound, perhaps there is more of a tendency to view pets as less hooman
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99% of strangers who see The Dog always use “she” as a first guess. perhaps the long fur is feminine. or perhaps the cultural icon of lassie is very powerfulpic.twitter.com/4HIVNwHbH8
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