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[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah...but then what should i do? Many people have as a mother tongue a language that is gendered (the case for many langs in europe and south america since they come from latin) and usually male is used as standard when you don't know the interlocutor gender or is used to describe a group that has 2 or more genders.

Saying something like

People who assume default maleness should be locked up anyway

Is just wrong because you are just blaming innocent people for doing something they have been doing all their lives for reasons beyond their control.

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

That is exactly what buttnugget is trying to say in his words, at least how I interpret them. I just thought you were not knowing male default.

Other than that, I think we can and should try getting languages more and more to genderless state, but I think forcing it is not the way. (German in my case).

What people often forget, is that languages are always in change and adapting; always have and always will be.

I do my part on adapting language around me by preferring genderless while I talk and write; you get used to it pretty fast. And when you hear children talking, you recognise that they are on it too. Just don’t blame others for still using default male, I agree on that, as this only generates unnecessary conflict and hardening of sites.

Society should always stay fluid, in my opinion, or else we get to a fascist society pretty fast.