"Patriarchal language insists that the male pronoun is both generic, and specific. Similiarly, "it" refers to either to non-animate things ır to animate being whose gender identity is irrelevant or unknown. But just as the generic "he" erases female presence, the generic "it" erases the living, breathing nature of the animals and reifies their object status."
— Apr 20, 2026 01:11AM
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