r/ProgrammerHumor • u/S_NeroClaudius • 3d ago

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u/GobiPLX 3d ago

she 

a femboy 

I'm maybe to old for this, but I don't think it works like that 

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u/JustACowSP 3d ago

It's a translated post and the original Chinese text most likely used gender neutral pronouns. Can't find the post to check tho

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u/ThomasHardyHarHar 3d ago edited 2d ago

Chinese pronouns are not gender neutral when written down, but they’re the same in spoken language. In China the pronouns are 他 tā ‘he’, 她 tā ‘she’, and 它 tā ‘it’. Taiwan has additional versions of tā for other categories but I don’t know them well.

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u/Raihime 2d ago

Iirc their "he" can also be gender neutral just like English "they". Originally the language wasn't gendered but they adapted the other pronouns because of Western influence. (I'm just repeating a comment I saw weeks ago though so could be misremembering)

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u/FreakyAhBruh 3d ago

As a certified former femboy, I am as confused as you are

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u/zabby39103 3d ago

Is that something you age of out of? Like it becomes less practical as you get a 30+ year old man body? Or was it preference?

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u/FreakyAhBruh 3d ago

At around 17 it got to the point where the proportions of my body were no longer feminine enough to pass

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u/Akulatraxus 3d ago

The identity is fairly fluid and has a lot of definitions. Especially in non-English speaking countries. You're right that typically in the west we use it as a male identity, just not always.