disc sex lang proceeding disc theme somewhat expanded would like posted disc sex lang subject head thanks jw continuing discussion pronouns making summary shift shift spurred necessity widen orbit pronouns sex language perhaps inevitable transition alexis manaster ramer see suggested discussion universal male dominace society language take place prior one pronouns willingly go along reject misandrist characterization first pronoun summary summary work suggested understand generic proverbial uses modern english one would integrate data facts 1 feminine pronoun survived much later historical english generally acknowledged 2 latearchaic english one hand feminine association allgenders plural masculine association singular neuter middle english later also neuter one pronouns ontogeny modern paradigm must account facts examples generic proverbial context sex distinction must considered feminine masculine following _ piers plowman _ walter kane passus vii manuscript h3 lines 23536 etyn fode throw trauail god 3eueth eat eats food work god gives hem blissing liflode wynneth blessing livelihood earns _ _ _ 18th century grammarians put rule paper feminine morphology unknown yet forgotten gender feminists today put gendrist interpretation grammarians motives evolution rule historical oversight put kindly maintain misogynist motives conscious unconscious finally challenged interpretation worthiness doctrine according grammarians yore said worthy word worthy believe quickly accepted old english rootmeaning deserving whereas yet see contexts contradict meaning based old english root appropriate clarifying contexts please show wrong sex language alexis manaster ramer sent personal response ideas asked said could post general reading btw etymologies given girl boy marry alexis says thank responding since obviously agree final resolution issue guess would say simply two aspects way one must respond people claiming generic invented male chauvinist grammarians one continuous history within english say jw mine knew nothing history english universal picture would authorize us suppose indeed natural phenomenon invention grammarians would say presumed reason phenomenon universal presumably known cultures maybe one exception according read somewhere maledominated known time periods fact masculine male unmarked must surely reflection locus blame shifts conscious work english grammarians subconscious workings language faculties countless generations human beings planet lived societies concept sex equality think jeff responds thanks elaboration think first get straight saying comparable structures generic found languages perhaps exceptions basis person might led conclude natural phenomenon would wrong rather universal male domination explanation seen unmarked pronoun must blame subconscious workings language faculties people history concept sex equality three questions provide views 1 parameters authors look idea history male dominated personally resent characterization dominated hinges mean crimson sunset dominated horizon pimples dominated young girl face group level men qua males sufficiently dutiful women children first said historically regarded lot expendable e least might say contour bellcurve measuring thing men subdue metaphorical colin fergusons world women individual level camille paglia nails talks substantial power women men qua males based women power close legs 2 concept linguistic markedness come basis establish causeeffect relationship patriarchy markedness pronouns idea markedness based original exposition seen formulated jakobson trubetzkoy 1930 see _ language _ roman jakobson ed linda r waugh 1990 chapter 8 conclusion opposite gender feminists seems evident original formulation concept mark grew interest binary aspects language like past present long short trubetzkoy wrote one terms correlation perceived actively modified positively possessing mark term perceived lacking mark passively unmodified p136 suggests woman species terms females exclusive special privilege whereas males species name exclusively instead must suffer share genus designation reason prefer sometimes call masculine unmarked words tautonyms e biology one name species genus editor book goes comment concept thus general meaning _ lion _ contradistinction _ lioness _ implies sexual specification basic meaning _ lion _ prompted informative contexts suggests sexual specification e g _ lions lionesses _ nt saying man qua male emerges contexts contrast female otherwise generic genus genre person accordingly unmarked e person jakobson book continues constraining focusing character marked term grammatical opposition directed toward narrowly specified delimited conceptual item men wanted throw testy beef could say come gals exclusive words guys share everybody else 3 finally propose past history concept sex equality inherent chronocentrism term indictment notwithstanding somewhat sure talking rights rights equal otherwise modern concept often muddled sometimes useless one considers important ends life happiness inner peace freedom fear good abstract rights one miserable time extremely important distinction often lost sight concepts inherent rights entitlement rights discuss women equality men equality without talking documents like universal declaration human rights united states constitution code hammurabi etc sources rights like god barrel gun going get anywhere take account considerations class age history geography etc would argue de facto level women continue collectively advantage men know saying upset us even give us little gas heartburn direct precipitation apologize advance best regards jeffrey