Does not help in some languages. In Czech, only soft adjective jobs are gender-neutral, the most well-known being krejčí (taylor). Yes, enbys sometimes use this kind of surname in particular but I think they prefer foreign-originated ones, which go better with most available neutral first names.
Interestingly, at one time it would have been acceptable for English speakers refer to a female doctor as a "doctrix" or "doctress", both terms which are now considered obsolete.
German is currently going the opposite direction, because job names are visibly gendered in German and they generally follow traditional gender roles. I kinda hate it, people would naturally start assuming that a doctor etc. can be female if we consistently used the generic masculinum (which was widely used until gender became a big topic 10-20 years ago). Now you have to say awkward stuff like "Ärzte und Ärztinnen" (doctors and doctresses) or "Ärzt*innen" all the time. Wish we'd at least widely adopt a form that was truly gender neutral, in contrast to e.g. Spanish German already does have a neutral grammatikal gender. e.g. das Ärzty/die Ärztys (Entgendern nach Phettberg).
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Norin@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 82d
“What’s in your pants?”
“My dissertation.”
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 82d
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 82d
by the time you're saying "still cis tho," you're usually cooked
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 8 pts · 82d
Does not help in some languages. In Czech, only soft adjective jobs are gender-neutral, the most well-known being krejčí (taylor). Yes, enbys sometimes use this kind of surname in particular but I think they prefer foreign-originated ones, which go better with most available neutral first names.
sundray@lemmus.org · 7 pts · 82d
Interestingly, at one time it would have been acceptable for English speakers refer to a female doctor as a "doctrix" or "doctress", both terms which are now considered obsolete.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 82d
German is currently going the opposite direction, because job names are visibly gendered in German and they generally follow traditional gender roles. I kinda hate it, people would naturally start assuming that a doctor etc. can be female if we consistently used the generic masculinum (which was widely used until gender became a big topic 10-20 years ago). Now you have to say awkward stuff like "Ärzte und Ärztinnen" (doctors and doctresses) or "Ärzt*innen" all the time. Wish we'd at least widely adopt a form that was truly gender neutral, in contrast to e.g. Spanish German already does have a neutral grammatikal gender. e.g. das Ärzty/die Ärztys (Entgendern nach Phettberg).
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 82d
You got me
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 82d
If the joke is about doubting someone else's stated sexuality, then it's not really funny.
Unless this is about you in which case very funny self crit.
poolcritter@pawb.social · 5 pts · 82d
Not about anyone (I'm openly agender), just had it in my downloads folder and needed to follow the rule.