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[–]worried19[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was really upset that the person in question thought it was no big deal. She's an authority figure basically telling a child that there is good reason to believe that she is not of her biological sex.

In an ideal world, I would be fine with "they" for everyone, but I doubt things will ever go in that direction. The English language is gendered and people are too used to "he" and "she" to give them up. Even if we did collectively decide to throw them out, it's not like it would solve the problem of misogyny. It's still clear at a glance which adults are male and which adults are female, even if they're all calling themselves "they."

[–]DistantGlimmer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. I wasn't thinking of getting rid of biosex pronouns but just having a third one to get people to notice gender less in daily social interactions. (or we can just keep using singular "they" I guess but it is kind of awkward.)