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I completely agree. Pronouns, just like names, are simply references. It's how you refer to someone. You wouldn't assume you could look at someone and guess th
by diN0bot 10y ago
I completely agree. Pronouns, just like names, are simply references. It's how you refer to someone.
You wouldn't assume you could look at someone and guess their name. Why assume you can guess their pronoun (from their appearance or name)?
NOTE: name+pronoun references != identity. Gender identity is a spectrum, and can't map 1-to-1 to low-bit pronouns.
- thescribe 10y agoPronouns that are just like names are worthless, since they are a placeholder for a name. Also, if I could look at 99.7% of someones and guess their name I'd call it an amazing heuristic.
- jolux 10y agoThey're not just placeholders though, because as you've pointed out tautologically (and perhaps by accident) that would be worthless. They're also an abbreviation, a label, etc. If you're saying the value in pronouns is that you can guess someone's pronoun by looking at them, you're misguided. Alternatively, you can just use they/them/theirs all the time, and you'll always be right.