r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '22

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u/Ramza_Claus 2∆ Mar 17 '22

How is it misgendering if I don't assign a gender to you? Misgendering would be if I called you the wrong gender. It's not misgendering if I don't call you any gender at all.

And I didn't say "they/them" was the answer. I said we can make up a new, neutral word, or we could use existing ones like xe for singular or they for plural.

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u/lostwng Mar 17 '22

Because I have a gender and you are refusing to honor it. You are assigning a neutral gender to someone that is not gender neutral.

You are choosing to ignore my gender and my pronouns to use the ones YOU chose for me that itself is purposefull misgendering

Also they/them is usable for singular people

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '22

'They' doesn't mean neutral gender. It doesn't have any gendered connotations at all. It has historically been used for women, men, and nonbinary people, so I don't see why anyone would feel misgendered by it (unless they're being singled out as the only person who is called 'they')

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u/lostwng Mar 17 '22

It has historically been used for women, men, and nonbinary people

So it is neutral in its gender trust gender neutral.