neutral I would hazard a guess "hero" might not be gender neutral. It might change but I don't think it has!
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
Gender neutral and androgynous have themselves historically been more masculine than neutral, e.g., recall "he" declared as gender neutral
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
by many in the past or "guys" the same. There is a lot of femmephobia out there!
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You can 100% be agender or/and androgynous or even a cis man and still like femme stuff. But sadly, you get chastised for it. Even women do.
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Replying to @o_guest @blahah404 and
Thanks Olivia! Sorry to push this - would you recommend "heros and heroines" then? That feels super weird to me. Or just avoid in general?
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
when this first came up I wanted to recognise how huge some ppls influence had been on my life, and cost to them of doing the right thing
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Replying to @blahah404 @kirstie_j and
I really don't wanna tell you all how to speak. I just cautioned against the assumption that "hero" is inherently gender neutral.
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
indeed and your point is well taken - I was only answering why I wanted to use it in the first place, but I shall avoid in future
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Replying to @blahah404 @kirstie_j and
You know I still am phasing out "guys" myself even though I hate it. So I really am not gonna be prescriptive. I am actually super against
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linguistic prescriptivism.
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