> What is going on? I need context here. In GCompris they use the sentence
"Place %n boy(s) and %n girl(s) in the center. Then split %n pieces of candy equally between them." and I am not happy that gender is used as a separation attribute of to distinct sets. GCompris wants to teach easy arithmetic in this lesson. > > Am Do., 6. Jan. 2022 um 12:20 Uhr schrieb Sandro Knauß <skna...@kde.org>: > > Sorry, that follow the side discussion, that has not connected to the > > translation problem in first place. > > > > > yes, the aim is to have 2 distinct sets for the pedagogical point of > > > view, > > > it's a bit more complicated. > > > > Me personally is not and was never ok with the gender the society gave me. > > And I fight hard against the binary gender thinking everywhere. And I'm > > very happy that we finally have a third Gender option for official > > documents in Germany called non-binary (German: Divers). Today I had some > > with public authorities about something else, but they were aware of this > > and didn't put me automatically into the binary gender box. I was very > > amazed. > > > > And than I read about this thread, that a program that is made for kids is > > teaching them the binary gender system and are telling me that is a good > > thing from a pedagogical point of view: Sorry NO! This is discriminating > > and making it less likely that we will overcome with the discrimination. > > > > I know it is hard but we should find a separation attribute, that is not > > discriminating e.g. color of cloths. > > > > Regards, > > > > sandro
