Pronouns
Someone wrote…
I want to be able to tell people not to call me “she”, but I don’t think “he” is quite right either and there aren’t any gender-neutral pronouns I like.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Freiya on January 14th, 2013 at 08:00 am
Category: your voice 6 comments »
January 14th, 2013 at 6:32 pm |
Right there with you.
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January 14th, 2013 at 7:28 pm |
Yep, same here. On the Internet I settle for ‘it’ and ‘they.’ Real life, I just… dunno.
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January 16th, 2013 at 7:33 am |
Yeah. I know what you mean. Maybe try just avoiding pronouns? It’s a little difficult, but doable.
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January 16th, 2013 at 11:22 am |
Me too!
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January 16th, 2013 at 6:55 pm |
If your name or nickname isn’t very long, pronouns aren’t really necessary for anything.
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January 21st, 2013 at 4:54 am |
I hear ya. I tend to go by she at work because that’s how I get read most of the time and I don’t have the emotional energy to invest in constantly correcting people (and also, because I don’t know what I’d replace “she” with that felt better). I don’t like She. However, He doesn’t feel more right, and they/ze/whatever just isn’t practical for day to day life.
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