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[Federico Dominguez Pousada]

There's been a lot of angel sex debating at AN for quite a long time,
literally...

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> This is really kind of funny.
>
> We have a very famous saying in Italian, dunno if there's something like
> that in any other language. When someone is debsting about something that
> trivial and meant to be unknow that the debating itself is even beyoint
the
> point of total uselessness, we say "he's debating about the sex of
angels",
> referring to the idea that in the bible anger have no sex, meaning their
no
> male nor female.
>
> LoL, Kaworu, Angels, debating about Kaworu sex, 1+1=2.
>
> :-)
>
>
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> > > Also: "her"?
> > >
> > > *sigh* <snip> please, the "her" bit sounds much like undue feminism
> > > at all costs (after having read other stuff by the same person).
> >
> > For anyone who isn't aware, this is Reichu's "Adam/Kaworu is female"
> > theory, which has garnered a bit of attention (and support) on
> > various forums.
> >
> > I have avoided it so far, but since it appears that it will become an
> > issue with the CI translation (i.e. "the next RCB") and also in the
> > next manga stage, we might as well deal with it now.
> >
> > My position is that it is completely without merit.
> > Reichu's argument is based largely on an incomplete understanding of
> > a single kanji taken out of context and questionable interpretations
> > of certain screen shots, and it is also heavily influenced by
> > Reichu's personal bias which, as EBJ described above, is "undue
> > feminism at all costs."  (She herself has stated that using the male
> > pronoun "he/him" in the translation of certain passages grates on her
> > personal philosophy.)
> >
> > I believe I am familiar with most of the "evidence" for this theory,
> > and am absolutely confident that I can simply and logically refute
> > every single one, not to mention building a strong case that Adam/
> > Kaworu either represents masculine (Yang/Yo) qualities or is at the
> > very least "gender neutral".
> >
> > "M"
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