Why “Gender” is being discussed
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In Russian it's quite common too. Car can be feminine (машина), masculine (авто/автомобиль), and neuter (транспортное средство). And different car brands usually have their…
by ivanjermakov · Sep 20, 2026
My biggest issue isn't being too agreeable (ie the psychic con), it's being confidently wrong , including outright hallucinations . If you ask a common question to an LLM with u…
by jmyeet · Sep 20, 2026
Decades ago I was at a party where some people were gathered around a rather nice table, and someone said "This is a lovely table". A french person said (in English) "Yes, she i…
by PaulDavisThe1st · Sep 20, 2026
> I would expect a majority of nouns to be according to the animate / inanimate split Well, as I understand, the actual animate/inanimate split was there at least 10 0…
by nlitened · Sep 20, 2026
Strictly speaking there's no causality in either direction. A word's gender determines what it takes for other words to agree with it, while the form of the word itself can be a…
by thaumasiotes · Sep 20, 2026
There's an active gender distinction in English between people (using the relativizer who ) and everything else (using the relativizer which ). It is an area of current dispute…
by thaumasiotes · Sep 20, 2026
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Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or portraying a third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender person may identify with a gender other than their sex assigned at birth. Most cultures have a gender binary, in which gender is divided into two categories, and people are considered part of one or the other; those who are outside these groups may fall under the umbrella term non-binary. Some societies have third genders such as the hijras of South Asia and two-spirit persons native to North America. Most scholars agree that gender is a central characteristic for social organization; this may include social constructs as well as gender expression. Read more on Wikipedia