gender specific usage

mathman

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I have often seen or heard women use the word 'fabulous', but never by men, except possibly gay. Are there other words with a similar gender bias in usage? How this come about?
 
I have often seen or heard women use the word 'fabulous', but never by men, except possibly gay. Are there other words with a similar gender bias in usage?
Of course. Blond vs blonde. "Honey" and "sweetie" for women; "son" and "dude" for men. Beautiful is usually used for women.

And English isn't the worst there. French has different articles - even different verb tenses - for women vs men, and many nouns have a feminine and masculine form.
 
I have often seen or heard women use the word 'fabulous', but never by men, except possibly gay. Are there other words with a similar gender bias in usage? How this come about?

what is mental gender ?
why do different genders have different uniforms ?
 
Gender is societal in nature. "Mental gender" is gender identity.

Societal norms. Women often dress differently than men.

i personally do not identify as a gender unless it is in relation to someone else or some thing
so my biological physical gender is comparative
my psychological gender is primarily female but my physical gender is male

im not an anti-establishment type of person so im not looking to undermine & wipe out peoples culture & personal freedoms & choices

however
i do question gender constructs to see if & where there is an ability to go beyond that which binds us to conformity & lack of free will.

in my opinion
people seem to be taught gender identity & then adopt it as an exterior culture concept
so there is nothing natural about gender at all
its 100% culture & 100% expression.

however people confuse sex & biology with gender
that is the old world thinking, before we had modern understandings of more complex reality's

soo technically
i am half male half female some part male exterior & then also some part reflective perception of society's demands & filters

the idea of being a single gender with demands of culture conformity to define my inner self is not restricted to observers pleasures & whims.
 
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Are you talking about gendered terms, or gendered use of terms? It seems the OP is asking about gendered use - as in: terms that men use that women do not, and vice versa.
I was asking about gender use of terms. In the example: women say 'fabulous'.
 
fox 2p influence?

it seems that women use um more than men, while men use uh more than women
and
when conversing with the opposite sex, it seems that women use uh more often than while speaking to women, while men use um more often than when speaking to men.

but then again-------this is just in english language users

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influence

nurture bias
culture bias
gender bias
language bias

no such thing as natural

when conversing with the opposite sex

cultural nurture gender bias as a cultural compliance mechanism
forced
...

when would they "not" be "conversing with the opposite sex" ?

when they are forced

i admit it seems a little pointless to point out
because its like trying to explain star trek science to 1800 age/era people

however, any progress is still progress
 
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