I have some fun with gender implications in my stories, too--I have a human who, when thinking in English (as versus non-gendered Galactic Common), assigns random pronouns genders to aliens whose gender she doesn't know, or for whom there is no equivalent human gender.* Mostly it's just convenient for me, but it actually is a Plot Point a couple times.
*I do have a bisexual species with male and female gender roles that correspond less with our own usual provider/nurturer roles and more with--I am not making this up--pirate/ninja.
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Date: 2009-09-14 01:26 am (UTC)I have some fun with gender implications in my stories, too--I have a human who, when thinking in English (as versus non-gendered Galactic Common), assigns random pronouns genders to aliens whose gender she doesn't know, or for whom there is no equivalent human gender.* Mostly it's just convenient for me, but it actually is a Plot Point a couple times.
*I do have a bisexual species with male and female gender roles that correspond less with our own usual provider/nurturer roles and more with--I am not making this up--pirate/ninja.