Just wanted to prove that political diversity ain’t dead. Remember, don’t downvote for disagreements.

  • @[email protected]
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    152 months ago

    Can using neutral pronouns be misgendering? I was always under the impression that they’re universally applicable regardless of the other person’s gender

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        2 months ago

        It’s arguably ignoring their preferences, but how is it misgendering? they/them is gender neutral-- it implies nothing about their gender at all.

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      Consider the scenario where you meet a man. You know his name is Bradley (either through mutual friends or whatever), but he introduces himself as Alex. You can call him Bradley, and it would be technically correct, but it would be slightly rude when he has explicitly given his preferred name as Alex.

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        I don’t think that’s quite right. It’s more like referring to him by another title such as “a friend of mine” or “a guy I met at the mall yesterday” etc.

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        72 months ago

        That’s a false equivalence. A name is a unique identifier while pronouns serve only a mechanical linguistic purpose.