So None Of Us Are Male Or Female Any More! Right Oh!

[ToraToraTora]

I have just discovered on another thread that I am not a bloke any more, apparently I am a "Cis" Bloke! What a load of old pony!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender
Ok if they must have all this TG BS then fine but why burger about with the names of the standard article? Radio rental!

[douglas9401]

You're not helping members whose first language isn't English, Tora.

Nor the rest of us for that matter. :-)

[bobbinwales]

R U confusing sex and gender me old china

[New Judge]

It doesn't really matter because the term "gender" is now largely meaningless and, for most purposes, can be ignored.

[ToraToraTora]

bob: "R U confusing sex and gender me old china " - well there are 2 of each, so no. I am wondering why I now have a prefix when surely the norm does not need a prefix.

[mushroom25]

the company email system pre-provides a signature panel for everyone based on their log-in name, substantive post and contact details. from last week the panel also requires us to declare our preferred pronoun.

i've since switched off the signature panel feature and insert what's required manually....

[jennyjoan]

Everything in France is male or female. Le for male. And la for female

[TheChair]

"I am not a bloke any more, apparently I am a "Cis" Bloke"
Right, and my car is not a car any more, it's a "Black" Car.

[Peter Pedant]

// R U confusing sex and gender me old china//
OR
they arent lying, it is just a belief, and that is OK

[Peter Pedant]

Jay jay
that is gender my sweet one ( or cherie )
currently having spazzies over whether
Elizabeth doo dah is Madame le premier ministre
or La premiere ministre

really as if it matter.

[douglas9401]

Nicely done, Peter. :-)

[Peter Pedant]

surely the norm does not need a prefix.
no I think it is normal usage
when it comes to gender - that is um my belief anyway

[choux]

School taught me (an eon ago) there are only 3 sexes:

male sex
female sex
insects

TTT, we have to stop reading these articles wherever they pop up before our gaskets are well and truly blown.

Your posts are fully understood by me ;)

[Deskdiary]

TTT’s threads are fully understood by everyone.

There’s a number of people on this site who pretend they don’t understand them. They fully understand them, they just think they’re clever by saying they don’t.

They don’t fool anybody.

[JimF]

"Everything in France is male or female. Le for male. And la for female"

Alas not. That is gender of noun, which in French is masculine or feminine, not male or female. Other languages, like German and Greek, also have a neuter gender.

[goodgoalie]

Jim, in French 'vagina' is male. Go figure :)

[JimF]

There is actually nothing to figure. It's just the way the language works. Don't worry about it.

[JimF]

And, once again, in French 'vagina' is not male. It is masculine. It's not the same.

[goodgoalie]

I'm not worried about it, I have a degree in French. I was merely making an interesting point, no need to be snarky.

[JimF]

Le beau vagin
Les beaux seins
Les beaux nichons
La grande bitte
La grande verge
Les grosses couilles

Etc

Tout cela ne change rien à propos de la signification des noms eux-mêmes.

[ToraToraTora]

Bonnet de douche!