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Originally posted by icepack
reply to post by Uncle Benny
in german its "die sonne" the sun (female) and "der mond" the moon (male). so its cultural, the "germans" were called barbaric by the romans, because they had other believes. the early christian roman empire saw them as infidels. so the sun and the moon in reality are not feminine or maskuline, it depends on the interpretion of a religion or culture.
It's not the actual person, place or thing that has gender in German, but the WORD that stands for the actual thing. That's why a “car” can be either das Auto (neut.) or der Wagen
Originally posted by icepack
that is because wagen and auto are two different things, they have different roots. wagen had to be pulled, auto pulls itself or drives on its own (automaticaly).
i hope you understand my point, the sun and the moon cannot have any gender. it is the interpretation of religions or cultures what gives them these images. there are religions and cultures, which see the sun male/female and see the moon male/female and vice versa.
how can we judge which interpretation is the right one ?
my suggestion is to stay neutral on this topic, to not go on a path of prejudices like sun=male so males are more important than small moon=female.
i am male and no feminist, but i learned that you cannot judge a human by gender, race, religion or culture.
i hope you understand my point, the sun and the moon cannot have any gender.
The sun is clearly expanding ...