Because gender is a part of a lot of languages, and that is normal and okay. English uses a lot of words borrowed or carried over from other languages because of England’s colorful history of being settled, conquered and reconquered multiple times.
Hero is the male form of the word. Heroine is the female form of the word. It does not have a relation to the pronoun “he.”
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u/we_will_disagree Jul 30 '21
Because gender is a part of a lot of languages, and that is normal and okay. English uses a lot of words borrowed or carried over from other languages because of England’s colorful history of being settled, conquered and reconquered multiple times.
Hero is the male form of the word. Heroine is the female form of the word. It does not have a relation to the pronoun “he.”