Sweden is adding a gender neutral word to the dictionary. It's "hen" which means he or she, and could be used for either. So instead of saying "he likes it", you would basically be saying "it likes it", or "it gave birth" or whatever. Perfect for describing transgender people, or someone like Pat from Saturday Night Live but I predict not otherwise to be used often in day to day speech. Read more here. It appears to be moving Sweden in a more gender neutral direction. Do you agree? It is an interesting concept but I predict difficult to implement.
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