Assuming the gender of current, historical and deceased people.

Dollar Thief · 10-05-2022 4:43pm #1

In almost all literature;

Jesus is referred to as he.

Hitler is referred to as he.

Cleopatra is referred to as she.

Gengis Khan is referred to as he.

Joan of Arc is referred to as she.

There is absolutely no one alive today who would have been alive when the aforementioned people were walking the earth, save the second one, and even those people are dwindling.

Why is it assumed that Cleopatra was a she or Jesus was a he? We were never explicitly told.

I’d even ask the same of currently living people. Unless, for example, George Bush has explicitly declared his pronouns, should his Wikipedia article and all literature referring to him, refer to him as “they”?

Sleeper12 · 10-05-2022 4:47pm

I think the bible would disagree with you. It's very clear that Jesus was a man. There is a hint in his title "son of God"

Dollar Thief · 10-05-2022 4:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042244#Comment_119042244

Sons can be women and men can be mothers.

Besides, as an atheist I don’t believe in the divinity of Jesus. They did exist though and almost all historians agree they existed.

Atlantic Dawn · 10-05-2022 4:49pm

Cleopatra had a set of 10 out of 10 knockers that were not possible to have been man made back then so 100% a woman.

Dollar Thief · 10-05-2022 4:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042258#Comment_119042258

How do you know they identified as such?

Fallout2022 · 10-05-2022 4:50pm

About 8% of the world's current population have G Khan's DNA.

That should cover his credentials.

Dollar Thief · 10-05-2022 4:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042265#Comment_119042265

His? Their?

Fallout2022 · 10-05-2022 5:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042265#Comment_119042265

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042278#Comment_119042278

I'd like to see you say that to his face 😀

Still stihl waters 3 · 10-05-2022 5:05pm

There should be a 'fcuk off op' function on boards, alas there is not

Dollar Thief · 10-05-2022 5:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042330#Comment_119042330

There’s an ignore button. Feel free to use it ☺️☺️😘

Still stihl waters 3 · 10-05-2022 5:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042255#Comment_119042255

Lol

Dollar Thief · 10-05-2022 5:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042338#Comment_119042338

Problem? 😇😇

Jim_Hodge · 10-05-2022 5:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119042341#Comment_119042341

Look closer to home for any problems.

Cr@p topic even for AH.

Allinall · 10-05-2022 5:12pm

What gender would a car driving in a bus lane be, I wonder?

Konny Rool · 10-05-2022 5:16pm

I'd love to see how this he/ze/zey craic would pan out in a 'real world emergency' type scenario, eg the police (cos it's an American thing mostly) , and a progressive type rings up with a major concern over ~~her~~/zere friends/family members - home invasion etc,, It would be he/him/her & them when talking to the dispatcher, bet on it

I'd say the wokeness would drop quicker than Ricky Evans throws darts.

OT I know, but I'm sick of this pronoun talk infiltrating into the everyday more and more and more.

And that is all I have to say on that