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(idea) by ideath (1.9 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun Mar 05 2000 at 18:26:21

The default value in a system of social or cultural categories, in contrast to the marked category. Thus the unmarked pronoun is "he", persons are assumed to be straight, if you say "i saw this guy on tv" without further detail, he will most often be pictured as white (ok, this may depend on your own context).
We run into the problems with this in english pronouns.

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straight privilege gender assumption dominant-group centric gay friends
Language and Gender heterosexual goofy foot category theory
Latino race social power white
Caucasian majority minority Christian
male
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