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> And that requires information about a groups composition ahead of time doesn't it?

No, because when you know nothing about composition of the group, you use the gender neutral form (masculine) instead of feminine one.

> English speaking folks that are trying to be more inclusive and finding "Latinos" to refer primarily to a group of males.

When American use the word “people”, it primarily refers to groups of Americans. Should they be more inclusive and invent a term, say, maybe peoplxs, that includes also non-Americans? That’s absurd, of course.



> When American use the word “people”, it primarily refers to groups of Americans. Should they be more inclusive and invent a term, say, maybe peoplxs, that includes also non-Americans? That’s absurd, of course.

Sorry, but this makes no sense to me at all.


Exactly: just like latinxs.


It's not the same thing?




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