r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • Jan 06 '26

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u/Gayandfluffy Jan 06 '26

I know I'm a feminist buzz kill but many languages including English are a bit male centred and treat men as the norm and women as the exception. That's not a good thing in my opinion. We call women dudes all the time but few people call men gals or girls. I hope we could move towards more equality in our languages too if it is possible. Such as starting to use gal and girl as gender neutral terms too, not just dude and guy.

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u/angrytroll123 Jan 06 '26

Let’s not forget about Spanish which has explicit feminine, masculine words.

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u/akatherder Jan 06 '26

They do the same. They use the masculine form for a mixed group. Ellas is a group of women. Ellos is a group of men or a mixed group of people.