Thread 514809415

boy: A gendered word meaning a male human infant/child
man: A gendered word meaning a male human adult

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Put away your childish things, anon. Be a man.

>>514809415 (OP)
first thing that came to mind when i saw that pic

>>514809415 (OP)
That's great and all, but you will never be a woman.

>>514810116
>you will never be a woman
Of course not, I'm not female.

>>514810001
saved, and reminded of

>>514809415 (OP)
Both words and people have gender. It's not mutually exclusive. People do "have a gender" because people fall typically into categories of male and female, just like words can be used either for male or female. Language is just a way of communicating our ideas and these are both ways the idea of "gender" can be used.
I'm not sure why you think the distinction between "language" having gender and "people" having gender is important, but you'll have to detail your idea more if you want to have a discussion beyond semantics.

>>514811300
>Both words and people have gender.
Nope. Language has gender. Gender is a construct of language. In Spanish, a heavily gendered language, the shirt is "la camisa". The "la" represent the feminine gender, but that does not mean every shirt is a girl, it's merely a construct of the language. Same with people. In Spanish, the child is "el nino". This does not mean that every child is male ("el" is masculine). It is simply a language construct.

The point is that language is the tool to convey our thoughts, but if our thoughts are not well-constructed, or if the language used to convey those thought is not well-constructed, the result is confusion.

A non-gendered example of mis-used langauge that creates confusion is the modern (bastardized) use of the word inflation. Nowadays people use inflation to means "prices go up", when in reality it is inflation that causes prices to go up (yes, other factors can cause prices to rise, such as shortages, shipping problems, etc., but none of these is inflation).

TL;DR If you want to speak clearly you must think clearly, and vice versa.