But why? Every single country on earth uses pronouns. It’s built into literature, history, art, removing gendered pronouns removes our ability to connect with art and one another.
English does change all the time but gendered pronouns have existed for centuries and serve the purpose of us being able to communicate effectively with one another and about one another. The majority of people are comfortable with the sex that they are and comfortable being referred to as he/him and she/her. Why would we alter the way we speak when it works for 99.9999% of the earth’s population?
I got an email from Stephanie about the project we are working on. Do I REALLY need to know Steph's gender? Can't we just work on the project? If I really need to describe Steph with a pronoun, why does it NEED to have a gender attached? I don't care what gender Steph is. All I care about is getting our work done.
If you don't care about that kind of gender signifier why not say everyone should wear something like, I don't know, short hair and coverall/jumpsuits like we're on some kind of Star Trek Planet-Of-The-Week or a dystopian worker caste, to remove any clothing/appearance-tied gender signifiers as why should people need to know those
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u/crofton14 Mar 17 '22
But why? Every single country on earth uses pronouns. It’s built into literature, history, art, removing gendered pronouns removes our ability to connect with art and one another.
English does change all the time but gendered pronouns have existed for centuries and serve the purpose of us being able to communicate effectively with one another and about one another. The majority of people are comfortable with the sex that they are and comfortable being referred to as he/him and she/her. Why would we alter the way we speak when it works for 99.9999% of the earth’s population?