Pragmatics

Pragmatics are the dominant and most numerous of the two psychological genders. About sixty percent of the world's population is considered to be Pragmatics.

The determination of whether a child is a Pragmatic or an Idealist is generally made between the ages of three and seven, based on their demeanor, interests, and general personality features.

Pragmatics tend to be focused on the immediate sensory world and prefer to plan things in advance. They tend to enjoy being busy and feel unease when they have nothing to do. In terms of the MBTI they would place towards the SJ pole, while Idealists would be closer to the NP pole. They tend to be higher in Conscientiousness but lower in Openness than Idealists.

About 53 percent of Pragmatics are women and girls and about 47 percent are men and boys, however, like men Pragmatics tend to enjoy certain privileges in society, and most powerful men are Pragmatics. There is some degree of Idealist prejudice towards Pragmatics as well, which often takes on a flavor of populism.

Pragmatic children are conditioned differently by most societies compared to Idealist children, but this conditioning varies depending on the culture. In some cultures Pragmatics wear plainer clothing than Idealists, in other cultures the exact opposite happens. Some cultures encourage people to marry within their psychological gender while others encourage one to marry the opposite psychological gender.

When a child's psychological gender is determined they are given another name; in Merritt and the Southern Isles this tends to be a second name, and most people use their sexual gender name, while in the Auld Countries and most other countries in the Classical Isles this name becomes the child's first name, and the one they are usually referred to by for the rest of their lives. Pragmatic names tend to evoke concepts of observation and action, such as Hunter and Chase, while Idealist names tend to evoke concepts of imagination and possibility, such as Fortune and Reverie.

One common thread throughout most cultures is that Pragmatics are pressured to achieve more, and dominance is encouraged in them, while Idealists are encouraged to be more passive.

In some cultures of the Southern Continent psychological gender is not recognized, and it tends to be recognized more strongly in Eastern civilization than in Western civilization, where sexual gender is more acknowledged. Some ethnic groups in the Southern Continent, such as the Fuma, have a different concept of psychological gender based upon whether someone is socially introverted or socially extraverted.