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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: one_less who wrote (15301)6/3/2001 9:04:18 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
1) But the Quran clarifies that this is just because of the limitations in human language.

Brees, I am not among the ranks of feminists who object to using the male pronoun when gender is unknown. When a pronoun is needed for something that is without gender, though, human languages most certainly do provide an option. In English, the word is "it." It's not my intention to make a big deal out of it, but that explanation about language limitations is revisionist baloney.

Karen
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