male/female, man/woman, human/person

[David A Johnston <davejohn@POGO.WV.TEK.COM>]

  Okay, the powers that be in the lojban community  discourage the use of
nanmu (man) and ninmu (woman), saying that they're sexist.  Okay, I
totally understand and support that guideline.  The thing is, I wonder why
they even exist as gismu.  Why not just combine fetsi (female) with prenu
(person) to form fetpre (female person)?  (Or would it be fetypre?)  It
seems that fetpre and ninmu mean the same thing.  They both have the same
place structure, and are non-age and -species specific.

  Any thoughts?

-marvin

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