Instead of Hemingway, give them Kipling.
If they want a book by a real poet, have the advanced students read "Light on a Dark Horse," if they can find a copy.
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As posted above, the very term "gender"is being used as promulgated by feminists. Gender was (before 1970s) a linguistic term. It was not strictly tied to sex. For example, the German world for girl is neuter in gender. German word for dog is masculine, nad for cat is feminine, although both animals come in male and female individuals. Thus gender was a linguistic term.
The feminists really didn't like the word sex. (I suspect that some did not like the activity, either.) They decreed that people should be designated by gender, in order to imply that it is all just a "social construct." They succeeded -- temporarily. However, reality will always intrude. I have heard people referring to gender in usage which would formerly require the world sex, as in "A stallion is a horse of male gender."
One of these days I expect to hear of people engaged in "having gender."
I don't like Hemingway, either. Kipling is great. Louis L'Amour has good stories, too.
One of these days I expect to hear of people engaged in "having gender."
LOL. Yeah, I bet people can be that stupid! It is so funny because you are right. It is only possible, I guess, with those produced by currentt schools. It all start with the false notion of "sex role". "role" is a construct and that's why they chose that term. It was insidious over decades. Hemingway was useful to them because he was a romantic cartoon.... and not someone to be admired. Notice I did not say the equally insidious "role model". This movement is actually wide spread and broadly based in a certain force.