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I think in this case, it's raised that we know the subject's gender identity, so the use of gender-ambiguous "they" isn't necessary. Not out of any sense of pr
by GrinningFool 10y ago
I think in this case, it's raised that we know the subject's gender identity, so the use of gender-ambiguous "they" isn't necessary. Not out of any sense of pronoun policing or bullying - I suspect more because it scans weirdly when you have the information that it would normally abstract.
- ythn 10y ago> I think in this case, it's raised that we know the subject's gender identity What if we don't care about the subject's gender identity and are more interested in their biological identity?
- GrinningFool 10y agoOur language currently lacks the words that would let us refer to a person in a way that encapsulates both succinctly.