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[–]lefterfield 15 insightful - 6 fun15 insightful - 5 fun16 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

I watched a "woke fight" the other day about whether "it" should be considered an offensive pronoun or not, since some people use it for themselves. How people don't wake up to the ridiculousness of the whole thing is beyond me, but at least I found it entertaining to watch.

[–]firebird 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This is so difficult for me to wrap my head around. I don't think I've ever used "it" for an animal either. Just seems wrong.

[–]YoutiaoLover 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I have met people referring their babies as "it" 🙄

Like, I've heard people referring ships as "she", why would they use "it" on their own baby?

[–]MezozoicGay 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In our language "it" is reserved to inherently non-observable or strange objects, or to monsters. Even non-living items are gendered, like "book" is "she", for example.