• Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        But it’s a specific he. It’s referring to a specific person.

        And why is a generic pronoun male?

        • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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          6 months ago

          The answer to your second question is that ‘he’ was historically used as generic pronouns, though it’s not as acceptable nowadays.

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          6 months ago
          1. Robots presumably don’t have a need to be gendered, at least in most portrayal of robots I’ve seen.
          2. The creator refered to it with a male pronouns, probably because their vision of the character have masculine features. That doesn’t necessarily mean the character itself is male gendered.
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, gender being a social construct doesn’t mean everyone everywhere just suddenly becomes genderless androgynous blobs, we still express our gender in the ways we want to express them.

      For example High heels, sheer leggings, long curly hair, and a flowy skirt and poofy blouse adorned with shiny bits. Am I describing the style dress of women today or the style of dress of 17th century French kings?