Though grammatical gender has no bearing on actual gender in non-personal nouns, the term holy spirit translates in and is used in the masculine form in all the Qur ' an.

Though she employed only women and claimed to hate the male gender, Darcy had an intense, incestuous love for her brother David.

Though at least one of these factors have been shown to directly and largely effect an individual's gender identity.

Though the common gender took what used to be the feminine inflections in Danish, it matches the masculine inflections in Norwegian.

Though the term is sometimes used as a term of disdain, it can also be used in a more positive way, particularly in terms of exploring one of a range of gender positions.

Though her first real encounter with a more structured questioning of the gender dynamics and the ' new woman ' is believed to have taken place during her time in a sanatorium in Switzerland.

Though Peano removed the inflections of Latin from nouns and adjectives, he did not entirely remove grammatical gender, permitting the option of a feminine ending for occupations.

Though the common law was sometimes comparatively progressive, sometimes not, the first statutes to prohibit discrimination focused on gender and race emerged in the 1960s as the Civil Rights Act was passed in the United States.

Though the inclusion of nondual bodies, genders and sexual designations and other biological florescence, are by definition qualified for inclusion in this article and such inclusion is rarefied, especially when understood as embodying a syncretic and holistic ideal, a " a one-sex / body, multi-gender model that reflected ancient gender norms " and which is metaphorically apt in many spiritual nondual traditions as Burrus & Keller ( 2006: p. 71 ) state:

Though sometimes unspoken of, gender discrimination still occurs in the workforce.

Though sexual orientation and gender identity are also excluded from this law, they are included in a more recent Federal hate-crime law, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.

Though some frown upon MtF crossplay for an immensely wide gamut of different reasons, ranging from rigid gender expectations to homophobia, MtF crossplay has become surprisingly well-accepted amidst most convention communities.

Though officially considered a male, Nermal's feminine preoccupation with being cute, and the fact that a woman provides a childlike voice of ambiguous gender for Nermal, allowed the character to be mistaken for a female cat, to the point that in the first two seasons of the show, the Spanish version featured Nermal as a female kitten named " Thelma ".

Though Sam is actually female, she uses exclusively male aliases, leading to a lot of confusion about her real gender.

Though traces of the three-gender system still exist in archaic expressions and certain dialects, masculine and feminine nouns have today merged into the common gender.

Though women use prestige dialects more frequently than do men, the same gender preference for prestige languages does not seem to exist.

Though traditionally referred to as males, all members of the species are hermaphroditic ; personality type and gender roles are assumed voluntarily, or upon a viewer's deduction.

Though she is a talented student and officer at the Imperial Academy, she believes she is continually passed over for promotion simply because of her gender.

Though what constitutes sex discrimination varies between countries, the essence is that it is an adverse action taken by one person against another person that would not have occurred had the person been of another sex.

Though usually benevolent, Pius VI sometimes showed discrimination.

Though this may improve overall welfare, by giving more consumers access to the market, such price discrimination can also transfer consumer surpluses to the producer.

Though blindness in Japanese society has historically been stigmatized, “ as the result of a Buddhist interpretation of the condition as a form of karmic punishment ,” other factors also led to the marginalization and discrimination of blind musicians.

Though racial discrimination was a tough barrier to break the United Nations set up a resolution that set up seven points to help end the discrimination in South Africa in the government and society.

In his Daily Mail column on 10 October 2007, he said, in reference to British society in the 1970s: " Though homosexuality wasn't exactly my idea of a night out, I thought it outrageous that gays were subjected to discrimination in areas such as employment, housing and pensions.

Though without concepts, judgements and discrimination, it is nevertheless not just mere thoughtlessness.

Though it is not essential to the determination of a BFOR it captures many " direct discrimination " cases.

Though it does not run in Knesset elections, it actively campaigns against Neo-liberal economic policy, ethnic discrimination, war, and repression of Israeli and Palestinian workers.

Though four Christian basilicas and numerous Christian monasteries mentioned in Eulogius ' martyrology remained open, the Christian population was gradually becoming converted to Islam in the process driven by taxation and legal discrimination imposed on the Christians, and the marriage laws assuring Muslim offspring from mixed marriages.

Though he faced pay discrimination in comparison to his white colleagues, his true disillusionment came with the discovery that Whamco was exploiting his inventions for criminal purposes.

Though nowadays most cardinals are also bishops, the term Cardinal bishops only refers to the cardinals that are titular bishops of one of the " suburbicarian " sees.

Though it is often called a whale today, the Hebrew, as throughout scripture, refers to no species in particular, simply sufficing with " great fish " or " big fish " ( whales are today classified as mammals and not fish, but no such distinction was made in antiquity ).

Though the Potsdam Agreement only refers to Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, expulsions also occurred in Romania, where the Transylvanian Saxons were deported and their property disseized, or in Yugoslavia.

Though he is no relation to this great figure of Scottish history, MacDonald's Robert Bruce constantly refers to the story of " his ancestor and the spider ," even when it is totally irrelevant to the conversation at the moment.

" Though there is one God, Holy Spirit refers to more than one person.

Though " nutritional yeast " usually refers to commercial products, inadequately fed prisoners have used " home-grown " yeast to prevent vitamin deficiency.

Though not all Method actors use the same approach, the " method " in Method acting usually refers to the practice, influenced by Constantin Stanislavski and created by Lee Strasberg, in which actors draw upon their own emotions and memories in their portrayals, aided by a set of exercises and practices including sense memory and affective memory.

Though the terms " Soviet Russia " and " Soviet Union " are synonymous in everyday vocabulary, when we talk about the foundations of the Soviet Union, " Soviet Russia " refers to the few years after the abdication of the crown of the Russian Empire by Tsar Nicholas II ( in 1917 ), but before the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.

Though it more specifically refers to species Nautilus pompilius, the name chambered nautilus is also used for any species of the Nautilidae.

Though the name Vineyard Haven technically refers only to one section of the town of Tisbury, the names are used interchangeably, with Vineyard Haven now being a commonly used title for the whole town.

Though it is technically possible to use a medical laser for scarification, this term refers not an actual laser, but rather an electrosurgical unit which uses electricity to cut and cauterize the skin, similar to the way an arc welder works.

Though it does not explicitly say so, this statement refers to closed systems, and to internal energy defined for bodies in states of thermodynamic equilibrium.

Though a popular idiom refers to " adding insult to injury ", in a medical context, they are one and the same: physicians examine injuries resulting from an insult to flesh and bones, caused by various traumatic events.

Though widely known as " microflora ", this is, in technical terms, a misnomer, since the word root " flora " pertains to plants, and biota refers to the total collection of organisms in a particular ecosystem.

Though it is often used in many French dialects, Quebecers would use " la fin de semaine " ( literally: the end of the week ) instead ( while " fin de semaine " in France refers to the end of the work week, i. e. Thursday and Friday ).

Though she has been referred to as a cyberpath at times, this refers to her mental processing abilities and not control of computers.

Though he refers to many real events ( such as his writing of Ender's Game ), the short story is also completely fictional.

Though the word proselytism originally referred to Early Christianity ( and earlier Gentiles ), it now refers to any religions ' or religious individuals ' attempts to convert people to their beliefs or even any attempt to convert people to another point of view, religious or not.

Though you may think that " acidic " refers to a real property in an object, the meaning of the term can only be explained by reference to a theory about acidity, in contrast to " red ", which is a property you can observe.

Though dosa typically refers to the version made with rice and lentils, many other versions exist, often specific to an Indian region.

Though there is no biblical reason to assume that the account of Elijah's victory refers to any particular part of Mount Carmel, Islamic tradition places it at a point known as El-Maharrakah, meaning the burning.

Though various boards and rules have been used in the past, the term " darts " usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules.

Though the designation refers to Montreal Park in Kent, the estate had been named after the victory.

Though now applied primarily to Republicans, the terms refers to concerns not tied to a single party or perspective.