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To: massmike

I don’t care for the increasing use of ‘gender’ instead of the correct word in this context, ‘sex.’

Words can come in three genders -masculine, feminine, and neutral. People come in one of two sexes - male or female.

True, there are also hermaphrodites.


21 posted on 05/22/2011 9:43:55 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Ted Grant

Russian has 5 genders.


30 posted on 05/22/2011 10:30:20 AM PDT by Myrddin
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