Hi Lydia, 
I was interested in what you said about not being aware of any pitfalls or unintended consequences of desexing the language of female reproduction and maternity. We detailed many of these in our paper here https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2022.818856/full <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2022.818856/full> and in particular in Supplementary File 1. I wondered if you hadn’t seen these or whether you didn’t think that they were a problem. I’d be very interested in hearing more about your views on this.

I am not aware of any culture or language that does not use sexed language. All have words to designate male and female and mothers and fathers. However, I am open to the prospect that I could be mistaken. Similarly, while I agree with you on the other harms of colonialism you describe, I am not aware of any culture where it was not understood that there are two sexes.

Kind Regards
Karleen


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> Date:    Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:22:35 +0200
> From:    Lydia de Raad <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Paper on use of sexed language in communication on maternity
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> Hi Keyena, 
> 
> Thank you for your words. It would be helpful for me to know which country your are from? 
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> As to the paper presented, my eye fell on a sentence used by Karleen in her email:
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> 'to avoid pitfalls and unintended consequences.'
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> I have been wrecking my mind whát (which?) 'pitfalls and unintended consequences' that could be?
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> As for the international perspective:
> I miss the cultures not using sexed language (Tagalog, parts of the Japanese cultural system), I miss the cultures/languages deliberately moving away from sexed pronouns (Scandinavia).
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> Colonialism, either by the USA or by European countries (centuries befóre the USA) led to wiping out original cultures and putting the religious beliefs in place. Two sexes, nudity is inappropiate, and worshipping nature is a sin. 
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> Lydia, LLL-Leader, Netherlands (Europe)
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