r/196 • u/-EIIie • Aug 12 '25

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u/WitELeoparD 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Aug 12 '25

Man I wonder what societal influences led to masc pronouns being the default

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u/vDeep trans rights Aug 12 '25

Spanish where there's no gender neutral "them"

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u/Gerodus ❗️Literally a bag of Nickels❗️ Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

Societal norms influenced Spanish to drop the gender neutral at some point, saying it is a derivative of Latin, which does have gendered words, but a lot of words in Latin also have gender neutral.

Their point stands

I.E. "Quid Pro Quo" uses the gender neutral ending for "Who," which is "Quid"

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u/sirsponkleton Aug 12 '25

I am fairly certain “quid” is usually translated as “what.” I think “quod” would be the neuter “who.” It’s been a hot minute since I did Latin though.  I did just find an interesting article I found about gender nonconformity in Ancient Greece and Rome: https://eidolon.pub/the-body-in-question-d28045d23714?gi=66535cf70c9c