So, there’s more than two genders, and gender isn’t necessarily fused to sex anymore, that much has been made certain. However, a problem arises in the proletariat’s English – the only pronoun we have outside of the masculine and feminine is ‘it’, and this is considered derogative, at least as far as I know.

So here’s the question: If English isn’t prepared to handle this new ethical and philosophical twist, then English is going to have to evolve in a Lamarckian manner rather than a Darwinistic one.

What words do you propose for male gender/female sex, female gender/male sex, hermaphroditic, and gender neutral non derogative, and any others I haven’t come across yet?

Topics: English, feminism, semantic, gender issues, LGBTQ