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Swedish School’s Big Lesson Begins With Dropping Personal Pronouns
Swedish School’s Big Lesson Begins With Dropping Personal Pronouns
STOCKHOLM — At an ocher-color preschool along a lane in Stockholm’s Old Town, the teachers avoid the pronouns “him” and “her,” instead calling their 115 toddlers simply “friends.” Masculine and feminine references are taboo, often replaced by the pronoun “hen,” an artificial and genderless word that most Swedes avoid but is popular in some gay and feminist circles.Read more >
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