Re: Tech Gender (and finally, what does Tech mean?)

On 4 Jan, Danny Wier wrote:

>Gender isn't just what distinguishes female from male, and both from
neuter;
>there is a true meaning to gender.  Masculine usually indicates initiator
or
>the 'sower of seed'; feminine marks completor or 'the grower of seed' (i.e.
>the earth).  Neuter is typically the end product: the 'seed' itself.
>
>That's all I got now... any comments?
>
    I like the idea. But what about "products" that may
(or, then again, may not) turn into initiators or completors?
Although "child" (seen as a "product") could be neuter
(as it in fact is in German), what about "boy" and "girl":
both "results of" and yet both potentially initiators or
completers? And what gender is the word for adult male
or adult female, considering that at one and the same time they
are both "product" of the previous generation and
initiator/completor of the next one? Or should there be
separate words for "product-adults" and for "initiator/completor-adults"?


Dan Sulani
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