General status of gender relations vs. Quibbles

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Kelley:
>>different kinds & degrees of rain & snow than others (for instance, compare
>>Japanese with English), and to describe this kind of difference,
>
>that's an odd claim.  english uses adjectives to describe differences in
>snow and so we have a ton of phrases to describe different kinds of snow.
>whoever came up with that one circulated a big goof based on a
>misunderstanding of how english works with separate adjectives.

Now, I'd call it a quibble, nay, a perfect _cavil_.  My point is simply
about the distinction between the "social/discursive constructions" that
involve oppression and those that do not.

That said, the difference here lies not only between nouns & adjectives.
The language makes meanings in social use, in humans making transactions
(affective, cognitive, practical, etc.) with not only other humans _but
also the natural & social world_.  You live in Florida -- how "meaningful"
for you are different names for & fine distinctions of snow?  Are they as
practically meaningful to you as they are to residents of Aomori, Japan?  I
suppose that you don't take this "social/discursive" construction business
too seriously when your polemical urge masters your brains.

Yoshie