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That's a great point about the intended audience but I wanted to mention that I was a bit distracted by how you gendered some of your language. For example you
by AlecSchueler 3y ago
That's a great point about the intended audience but I wanted to mention that I was a bit distracted by how you gendered some of your language.
For example you talk about "The playright" and then refer to "the group he serves" which causes one to imagine the archetypal playwright as a man. Again, the person who doesn't understand the language is "a man who doesn’t understand."
I know this style of writing was the norm in the past but I found it quite jarring to see it today and honestly I had to read it again to catch your point. On the re-read I caught that only the "random person off the street" was a person and not a man.
Anyway, hope it's ok to call it out, don't mean to come across as unfriendly.
- dotancohen 3y agoIn the English language, ungendered terms or unknown gender is identical to the masculine gender. And even in languages without this property, there is no issue referring to a hypothetical as male.