I'm seeing this movement of modern feminists or people that want to change the language to stop using she or he or certain gender terms similar to and add gender-neutral terms. Not only in english, but in spanish too. It is very frustrating because I don't understand their logic. I was wondering if you guys could help me understand why or why not to change the language. I love to research, but something in me is not ver confident in my ability to keep an unbiased position while doing my own research. I want to hear what everyone here knows about the matter and how they perceive this movement to change our languages.
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Suppose I want to get a plumber to fix my bathroom sink. I will say: "I want a plumber appointment. I hope he will fix my bathroom sink". What is the problem with this sentence? It is incorrect if the plumber happens to not be a male. Incorrect sentences caused by the core language structure are no bueno.
Now, the usual way to address this issue is to say: "I hope he/she will fix my bathroom sink". But this construct is somewhat awkward and inefficient, as it includes two words in place of one. In addition, "he/she" assumes that there are only two genders, which is not entirely correct: what about androgynous people?
Another way is to replace "he/she" with "them", however this is a word inconsistent with the grammatical structure, as "they" typically refers to multiple people, not a single individual.
As such, a word is in demand that would address all these issues and replace he/she. Of course, such a drastic change of the core element of the language does not come easy - but it illustrates the general problem these "gender-neutral language" movements are pointing out. Our language has a lot of gender-specific terms that make the language much less efficient and precise than it could be, and inconsistencies in the language have subtle consequences on our society as a whole, introducing various subconscious biases we are not aware of.
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Your reasons are patently wrong. No language changes out of some academic desire for accuracy and efficiency. Language changes with the common people deciding to say different things in different ways.
THE thing driving this discussion for change at this time is a very small number of people wanting to be called a few specific words or not as the case may be.
Is has ZERO to do with people wanting to be precise or efficient.
In your scenario, you can always correctly say. "I hope to have my bathroom sink fixed." That is both precise and efficient. No new gender terms needed.
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