@binarybits @sarahjeong this is a complete hunch. & yet the preferred language of the communities affected doesn't count as evidence to you?
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@sarahjeong The conceptual distinction is important! But that's a separate question from what the word "gender" means.
@binarybits No, it's not. Language is often shaped by "specialists" and "experts" because otherwise we lose conceptual distinctions.
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@binarybits That's getting semantic. And has anyone agreed with you that this is a "rarified" distinction? -
@sarahjeong I think ~270 million people agree with me, but I haven't done a poll on the subject. :-) -
@binarybits I'm sure the incredible irony has occurred to you: you're the lone Twitter holdout claiming the rest of us comprise small group. -
@sarahjeong People who follow the two of us on Twitter are not a random sample of the population! -
@binarybits Certainly not. But you still only have speculation to back your assumption that it's a "rarified" distinction. -
@sarahjeong Again, it's a matter of practical experience. Not something we can resolve over Twitter. -
@binarybits But as a friendly note, I'd like to say that your use of the word "arrogant" to@onekade earlier on was off-base. - 2 réponses de plus
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@binarybits And in the case of sex/gender, it's a very widely accepted distinction already. It's practically blase.Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong Was there a time when "gender" was generally used in the way you're advocating?Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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