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JayhawkSD

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2. I don't speak any of the Romance languages...

Tue May 23, 2017, 10:06 AM

May 2017

...at least not at all well, but is it possible that you know only of the word "senorita" and not of "senora" for a female person?

I have had Spanish-speaking work crews for many years, and the Mexican men who worked in those crews were, for the most part, more respectful to women than most Anglos I know. Anyway, I'm not sure than I follow the meaning of, "the feminine is always diminutive, i.e., the lesser." Can you provide some samples?

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Are the Latin based languages such as Spanish sexist? [View all] Ligyron May 2017 OP

there's some truth to that, but a lot of times it's arbitrary, could be "green vs blue" unblock May 2017 #1

I don't speak any of the Romance languages... JayhawkSD May 2017 #2

I don't speak them well either, lol. Ligyron May 2017 #6

I'm not sure I see where "the feminine is always diminutive, i.e., the lesser." Iggo May 2017 #3

The only truth there, Sailor65x1 May 2017 #4

Yeah, I don't speak any of them well. Ligyron May 2017 #7

Generally linguists refer the language distinction as "gender" rock May 2017 #5

As a teacher of Spanish, I'd say it is sexist. Lifelong Protester May 2017 #8

Not just the latin-based...Eastern European languages (Slavic) have them too whathehell Dec 2017 #9

Language evolves. LWolf Jan 2018 #10

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