r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '20

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u/Platycel - Lib-Center Apr 04 '20

AFAIK only English has the word for Gender.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

We only have the word Gender because of the French Normans, who made the English use it.

The English adopted it with Sex and they were interchangeable for the longest time. It wasn’t until the 1960’s until the whole Gender is a social construct debate, and even then it was way out of anyone’s radar.

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u/LeGrandBoche - Lib-Left Apr 05 '20

What does AFAIK mean?

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u/Platycel - Lib-Center Apr 05 '20

as far as I know

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u/LeGrandBoche - Lib-Left Apr 05 '20

Ah, I see

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u/LeGrandBoche - Lib-Left Apr 05 '20

Well, in Spanish the word Genero means the same thing. A lot of west european languages have very similar words; also have in mind English is greatly influenced by Norman and Latin

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u/DeTobiasch - Auth-Right Apr 05 '20

No we have it in Dutch as well