• Animasta [any]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    So my first guess is that she(/they) wants people to alternate between "she" and "they". Is that some unspoken rules when someone has several pronouns listed? Does it only apply to non-binary people? Is this something she made up just now?

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      3 years ago

      There are no rules beyond treat people how they ask you to treat them. Someone might prefer "they" but be just okay with "he" or "she." Some people really don't care. Some people don't really know what they want or how to ask something of others or are just straining against the bonds of language itself.

    • BigAssBlueBug [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Sometimes people have binary/they because they've learned that nobody will ever call them they so they just kinda stopped trying

      • Zoryn [they/them,it/its]
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        3 years ago

        lmao its me, the clown who uses he/they/it despite hating masc pronouns because ppl are gonna call me a he anyways :agony-deep:

        • BigAssBlueBug [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Nobody will call me they ever because while they at least kind if binary trans folks where I live itll take another 50 years of activism to make people accept nonbinary people

    • Sandinband
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      3 years ago

      If you talk to nonbinary people this is something a lot of us have expressed. It really isn't hard to use both and the person telling other people their pronouns is obvs okay with whatever they chose for themselves so there's no harm in switching it up sometimes.

    • RobotnikFeminism [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Isn't using "they" kinda like implicitly saying "you don't pass" or "your gender isn't obvious"?

      • Sandinband
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        3 years ago

        Using someone's preferred pronouns is respecting their preferred pronouns. They wouldn't choose them if it made them uncomfortable