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In article <1992Aug5.133214.26926@bnr.ca>, Peter Marko <pmarko@bnr.ca> says:
>>Hebrew and Arabic (and I guess other Semitic languages too) are very
>>gender-oriented and doesn't have the neuter gender at all (c.f It
>in
>>English). This is probably because of the Patriachal societies in
>the
>>middle east in Ancient times (and even till today in some places
>like
>>Saudi Arabia).
>
>This is a very interesting observation.  Surely, the history of any
>particular nation would have a great influence on the development of
>its language.
>
>What do these differences regarding pronouns indicate then?  Could
>it be that our attitudes towards other human beings are hidden in
>our languages?
>
>   ...Peter
>
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>Peter Marko  .....  (613)763-5344  .....  pmarko@bnr.ca

Farsi is gender neutral in that it has no he or she but I would
not call it an equal society when it comes to gender. From my
observations, I would say that the presence or lack of grammatical
gender has nothing to do with the roles of the sexes in that society.

                                  Gregson Vaux

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