i don't see how the usage of different written `ta` "ruins" anything. how anyone can not see how the events of may 4th and the inclusiveness of women (as a hallmark of young socialist movements) are related is beyond me.

makes total sense to have a way to express the femininity of a person in the written language as an outspokenness to the existing social order. and it caught on, and the entire sino world uses it, so it must have some use.