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Usually discussions about gender are frustrating because it seems so... Not insightful. In contrast, this Twitter thread is fascinating and felt like it helped me more deeply understand something about gender.

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@SeishinWrites

Jul 18, 2020

I have never felt myself particularly affected by gendered language. When I see words like "man" or "he" or "guy," I do a small amount of mental acrobatics to change it to a word that fits for me, and that has always felt okay to me. 1/

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5:30 PM · Jul 18, 2020

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This is really profound @JasnaTod. When you extrapolate backwards over all the "he's" that attenuated half of the population's engagement with gendered speach... And then you contrast with infinite opportunities for amplification that fixing this represents for the future. 🤯

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To state something that's been stated in other contexts many times - Representation matters.

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A word I found that is neutral when referring to a group or just a person is "y'all"

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@mariellevolz

Jul 18, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

This reminds me a lot of this study which found that women identified more strongly with a fictional character that shared their gender; men did not. bps.org.uk/news-and-polic

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That was a nice thread to read through, though its difficult for me to empathize with since i've always been such a strong skeptic (i was the annoying 10 year old in catholic church who asked too many questions) and i've never had other's words sway me that much. 1/2