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The words man and woman + female and male.

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The words man and woman + female and male.
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The words man and woman + female and male.
December 18, 2014 at 6:11 pm
In Arabic there is a completely different words for male and females. In english...there is prefix behind the male word, and it changes it to female. Fe+male, Wo+man.

Does the English signify more equality, less equality or neutral?
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RE: The words man and woman + female and male.
December 18, 2014 at 7:58 pm
Depends. What is the character of those two separare words in arabic? Connotations etc...
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RE: The words man and woman + female and male.
December 18, 2014 at 8:32 pm
(December 18, 2014 at 7:58 pm)Alex K Wrote: Depends. What is the character of those two separare words in arabic? Connotations etc...

We have two entirely different words for man/woman too after all. We even have four terms if you count "Mann", "Frau", "Männlich", "weiblich".
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RE: The words man and woman + female and male.
December 18, 2014 at 9:32 pm
(December 18, 2014 at 6:11 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: In Arabic there is a completely different words for male and females. In english...there is prefix behind the male word, and it changes it to female. Fe+male, Wo+man.

Does the English signify more equality, less equality or neutral?

I believe that is an individuals attitude, not necessarily having something to do with a specific language. Something like love is different by language, such as the Greek vs English.

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RE: The words man and woman + female and male.
December 18, 2014 at 10:45 pm
Historically men really referred to both sexes and there is an Old English copy of the Bible which refers to Adam and Eve jointly as men.

Originally the words for man and woman were werman and wifman meaning weapon carrying person and weaving person. Wifman eventually became woman and man specified from person to male person. Wer as a perfix only remains in werewolf.

Male and female have unrelated Latin roots: masculus (masculine) and femella (feminine). The words are not related to each other.
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RE: The words man and woman + female and male.
December 18, 2014 at 10:50 pm
(December 18, 2014 at 6:11 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: In Arabic there is a completely different words for male and females. In english...there is prefix behind the male word, and it changes it to female. Fe+male, Wo+man.

Does the English signify more equality, less equality or neutral?

It is especially interesting since the male body is basically a testosterone altered/enhanced version of the basic female platform. So what is true biologically is the reciprocal of what is true in western society.
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RE: The words man and woman + female and male.
December 18, 2014 at 10:54 pm
(December 18, 2014 at 10:50 pm)whateverist Wrote:
(December 18, 2014 at 6:11 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: In Arabic there is a completely different words for male and females. In english...there is prefix behind the male word, and it changes it to female. Fe+male, Wo+man.

Does the English signify more equality, less equality or neutral?

It is especially interesting since the male body is basically a testosterone altered/enhanced version of the basic female platform. So what is true biologically is the reciprocal of what is true in western society.

And many males, as they get older, start to look like pregnant women - bodily, anyway.

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December 18, 2014 at 11:00 pm
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