In other news, Gender Studies professors confirm that it's definitely not misgendering if they unilaterally decide that everyone is "they" now. I propose "postconsensual equitygendering" for the lexiconhttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/why-we-should-all-use-they-them-pronouns/ …
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Replying to @JoeFyhrCeesay
They/them is colloquially both a particular pronoun preference (e.g. for non-binary folks) and a default for individuals whose gender is unknown. If you know it's not my preference, and you know what my gender is, don't be an asshole.
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Replying to @JoeFyhrCeesay
Presumably the group "everyone" includes a lot of people who explicitly don't prefer "they" for their pronouns.
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Replying to @webdevMason @JoeFyhrCeesay
I read the article as saying that everyone should prefer they/them, not that everyone should use they/them once contrary preferences are made known. If I say everyone should try the new restaurant that doesn't mean I'm planning on force-feeding you.
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Replying to @PigNorton @JoeFyhrCeesay
I read the article as saying "using they/them for everyone, regardless of gender identity" because that is literally what it says
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Replying to @webdevMason @JoeFyhrCeesay
Agreed. I think the charitable interpretation of that is to always use it as a default until told otherwise and to make it your preference as well. It's hard for me to believe that the author would belligerently call you "they" after you expressed a preference for "she".
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I would certainly interpret it that way if that was what was written.
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