clarajancita at 16-04-2015 04:34 PM (10 years ago)
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The official dictionary of the Swedish language is getting a fresh infusion of 13,000 new words, editors of the Swedish Academy have announced. Among the additions is a gender-neutral pronoun. Instead of just he (han) and she (hon), there will now be hen as well. The Guardian says: "The pronoun is used to refer to a person without revealing their gender — either because it is unknown, because the person is transgender, or the speaker or writer deems the gender to be superfluous information." Sven-Goran Malmgren, one of the dictionary's editors, was quoted by The Independent as saying, "It is a word which is in use and without a doubt fills a function."
As Slate notes: "[For] many Swedes, gender equality is not enough. Many are pushing for the Nordic nation to be not simply gender-equal but gender-neutral. The idea is that the government and society should tolerate no distinctions at all between the sexes.
This means on the narrow level that society should show sensitivity to people who don't identify themselves as either male or female, including allowing any type of couple to marry. But that's the least radical part of the project. What many gender-neutral activists are after is a society that entirely erases traditional gender roles and stereotypes at even the most mundane levels." what this means is that instead of using the word han or hon,you use hen referring to either mail or female...Not bad at all.
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Posted: at 16-04-2015 04:34 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
Opeyemi66 at 16-04-2015 05:31 PM (10 years ago) (m)
Ouch1212 at 16-04-2015 08:28 PM (10 years ago) (f)
E.g,Instead of saying Anyone who breaks the law of the country he/ she will be prosecuted. You say Anyone who breaks the law of the country hen will be prosecuted. I think it is cool.
Posted: at 16-04-2015 08:28 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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