Gender-Neutral Writing: Difference between revisions

* Fantasy author [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] wrote "The Secret of the Blue Star", a ''[[Thieves' World]]'' story about the heroine Lythande (a female wizard in a world where wizards are always male), which is gender neutral until the last two paragraphs.

** Almost, but not quite. At one point Ms. Bradley slipped up and repeatedly referred to Lythande as a male.

* The four legal who-dunnits by Sarah Caudwell (starting with ''Thus was Adonis Murdered'') are narrated by the legal scholar Dr [[Hilary Tamar]], of undefined gender (and only a slightly unreliable narrator).

* This was done in ''[[Dragonlance]]'' for the Blue Dragon Highlord, is later revealed to be {{spoiler|Kitiara uth Matar, the half-sister of Caramon and Raistlin, and Tanis's former lover}}.

* Played for comedy in ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''. Jack sets Liz up on a blind date with [[Tomboyish Name|"Thomas"]], not mentioning that the date's full name is ''Gretchen'' Thomas...

* An episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' revolves around Marshall telling his friends anecdotes about a [[Crazy Awesome]] workmate of his; when it turns out she's a she, he reveals he carefully avoided specifying her gender so his wife wouldn't disapprove of his hanging around with her. All the [[Flash Back]] clips show him [[Last-Name Basis|only referring to her as "Jenkins"]], and never [[Pronoun Trouble|using any pronouns at all]]. Must have been difficult to carry on any kind of extended conversation like that...

 

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