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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8039377" data-attributes="member: 6775477">I'm going to clarify it should be done with consultation from an expert of the culture, not necessarily a member of the culture. There are people who are experts in understanding a specific, usually because they're devoted to it. I myself have a love of ancient/medieval Japanese culture, but I'm in no way an expert. I have a friend however, that despite being an African American is so devoted to it that he studied it in college, then moved their to teach English. When I think of him, it's hard for me to think of him as anything but Japanese, despite the fact that he's gaijin.I'm going to disagree with this one, but simply because of the fundamentals of the language. In English the male gender (in the original literary sense) is considered proper use when referring to a mixed group. For example, &quot;man&quot; and &quot;mankind&quot; refers to all people, regardless of sex or gender. The problem is that the term gender has changed from being just a literary term to being somewhat synonymous with sex, creating a level of confusion between the two uses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8039377, member: 6775477"] I'm going to clarify it should be done with consultation from an expert of the culture, not necessarily a member of the culture. There are people who are experts in understanding a specific, usually because they're devoted to it. I myself have a love of ancient/medieval Japanese culture, but I'm in no way an expert. I have a friend however, that despite being an African American is so devoted to it that he studied it in college, then moved their to teach English. When I think of him, it's hard for me to think of him as anything but Japanese, despite the fact that he's gaijin. I'm going to disagree with this one, but simply because of the fundamentals of the language. In English the male gender (in the original literary sense) is considered proper use when referring to a mixed group. For example, "man" and "mankind" refers to all people, regardless of sex or gender. The problem is that the term gender has changed from being just a literary term to being somewhat synonymous with sex, creating a level of confusion between the two uses. [/QUOTE]

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