Re: Gender

On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:57:42 -0500 Baba <fikhduv@...>
writes:
>--- On Mon, 26 Steg Belsky wrote:
>> - and people (except for artificial
>>androids, etc.) can't be of the neuter gender.
>On the contrary, in my work as a gender therapist I've met several,
>they're more common that one would imagine. And although most identify
>as one gender or the other there are some who are quite adamant they
>are "left out" of things by the absence of specifically third-gender
>(as opposed to gender-neutral) pronouns and titles and resent being
>forced to choose between the limited set we have, as neither reflect
>their reality. These are people who're physically intersex I'm talking
>about, not psychological conditions such as androgeny or
>transvestitism.
>
>Regards
>
>Baba
Then they wouldn't be neuter-gender in Rokbeigalmki - they'd be
neutral-gender. _uhz_, not _uz_.  Only inanimate objects like rocks and
100% gender/genital-less animals like bacteria can be referred to as
_uz_, "it".
Hermaphrodites and "ttumttumim" (i don't know how to say it in English)
would use whichever pronoun they feel more connected to - if they feel
more male, _oz_ (he). more female, _iz_ (she), or, like in your
description, something else entirely, _uhz_.  If for some reason they
felt 100% gender*less* they would use _uz_.

-Stephen (Steg)

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