• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 hours ago

    That means it’s not gender neutral, it just means you use male as a default in most contexts.

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      3 hours ago

      Its gener neutral male leaning and is context specific. Like bastard or fucker.

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        1 hour ago

        “Bastard” is what you call “male leaning” because it was used for male children born outside of marriage who therefore couldn’t inherit titles.
        It wasn’t used much for girls cause they couldn’t inherit titles anyway, so it didn’t matter.

        “Fucker” is “male leaning” cause women were historically not seen as doing the fucking. They were fucked.