eg. chinese words usually add the female character(女) on words to signify negative meaning.
english, on the other hand, use man to represent both gender.
one thing impressed me is the using of miss and ms., most of english speaker realize the gender issue behind the use if these two word. but for me, i was confused about the differences when i discussed with my taiwanese friends.
i think the using and inventing of these kinds of gender words is not what the reader or inventor really discriminate on one side of gender, it may because of it is more convenient or straight for people to understand it.
we could try not to using the specific gender words, but what's most important is that we, from the deepest heart, do not discriminate our opposite gender.
I like your last paragraph =)
回覆刪除I think its something that society can only attain in a few more decades or more, because most are still pretty much patriachal