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[pauamma]

Marking the unmarked (term, case) sounds like a useful concept and one I'd like to know more about, but the search hits DDG gave me all either fly way above my head or are too long for my attention span or both. Does anyone know of a quick introduction to the concept and its uses?

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[thekumquat]

There's a lot of discussion about 'unmarked' vs 'always marked' when it comes to women's clothing in the office - a woman has many choices when it comes to coming across as ballsy, seductive, kind, no-nonsense, etc, but no equvalent to the totally-neutral male grey suit - ie no unmarked solution as every choice for women is marked (including the practically-identical grey suit).

Looking up marked clothing choices may lead to more general discussion.