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I see the use for it. Spanish is a gendered language and by convention it defaults to the masculine plural. Most men would object to being called "latina", but

I see the use for it. Spanish is a gendered language and by convention it defaults to the masculine plural. Most men would object to being called "latina", but women are supposed to be ok being grouped with "latino", go figure Other efforts have been using the "e" vowel, "latines" Hispanic solves it but then not all Latinos are hispanic, we missed out on "Iberic"

29athrowaway 4y ago
Do you honestly think people that are busy dealing with real problems have the time to be concerned with such synthetic bullshit argument? People that are trapped at the base of the Maslow hierarchy of needs have no time for that.
- hotpotamus 4y ago
  Then you've run out of real problems and now have time to focus on this issue? Welcome to the top of the Maslow hierarchy.
- foogazi 4y ago
  > People that are trapped at the base of the Maslow hierarchy of needs have no time for that. perhaps - but not everyone is in that position. Isn’t that the point of Maslow’s hierarchy?
surgical_fire 4y ago
> Most men would object to being called "latina", but women are supposed to be ok being grouped with "latino", go figure It's not that women are "ok" about being called "latinos". In their language, this word refers to all people, irrespective of gender. In a sense, women have their own specific word "latinas". Men don't have a word specific for them.
- foogazi 4y ago
  > In a sense, women have their own specific word "latinas". Men don't have a word specific for them. Disagree If you have a group of male citizens you call them “ciudadanos” If you have a group of female citizens you call them “ciudadanas” If 1 man joins the group now it’s “ciudadanos” Some people have advocated for “ciudadanes” as a gender neutral plural of citizens
29athrowaway 4y ago
"Iberic" is wrong. "Iberico" in English is "Iberian". Also, Gibraltar is Iberian, yet not ethnically Hispanic.
- foogazi 4y ago
  I was trying to go for Spain+Portugal, so instead of Latino (LatinoAmerica), IberoAmerica - but that leaves out the french colonies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

29athrowaway 4y ago

Do you honestly think people that are busy dealing with real problems have the time to be concerned with such synthetic bullshit argument? People that are trapped at the base of the Maslow hierarchy of needs have no time for that.

hotpotamus 4y ago
Then you've run out of real problems and now have time to focus on this issue? Welcome to the top of the Maslow hierarchy.
foogazi 4y ago
> People that are trapped at the base of the Maslow hierarchy of needs have no time for that. perhaps - but not everyone is in that position. Isn’t that the point of Maslow’s hierarchy?

surgical_fire 4y ago

> Most men would object to being called "latina", but women are supposed to be ok being grouped with "latino", go figure It's not that women are "ok" about being called "latinos". In their language, this word refers to all people, irrespective of gender. In a sense, women have their own specific word "latinas". Men don't have a word specific for them.

foogazi 4y ago
> In a sense, women have their own specific word "latinas". Men don't have a word specific for them. Disagree If you have a group of male citizens you call them “ciudadanos” If you have a group of female citizens you call them “ciudadanas” If 1 man joins the group now it’s “ciudadanos” Some people have advocated for “ciudadanes” as a gender neutral plural of citizens

29athrowaway 4y ago

"Iberic" is wrong. "Iberico" in English is "Iberian". Also, Gibraltar is Iberian, yet not ethnically Hispanic.

foogazi 4y ago
I was trying to go for Spain+Portugal, so instead of Latino (LatinoAmerica), IberoAmerica - but that leaves out the french colonies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯