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In English, "he" is traditionally gender neutral, like in most languages. So the bot's really just changes gender-neutral singular into gender-neutral plural.
by mminer237 5y ago
In English, "he" is traditionally gender neutral, like in most languages. So the bot's really just changes gender-neutral singular into gender-neutral plural.
- endisneigh 5y agoThat might be true historically but I would doubt the majority of people today would agree that “he” is a gender neutral pronoun.
- rascul 5y ago"He just cut me off" and similar things are often said while driving, in a gender neutral sense.
- endisneigh 5y agoI don’t disagree but advocates of gender neutral language would say that’s more of a symptom of male dominance than gender neutrality. Fascinatingly enough w.r.t driving nearly 80 percent of drivers were men in the 60s (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15389588.2012.755736?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15389588.2012.7...). You see similar things where she is used as the “gender neutral” pronoun for situations in which a woman was historically over represented
- rascul 5y agoI have noticed that female drivers will sometimes use "she cut me off". Although my sister uses "he".