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Not everyone is a he or a she. I'm not, for example.
by damnyou 9y ago
Not everyone is a he or a she. I'm not, for example.
- braindongle 9y agoIn the context of this thread, I thought: if I don't want the machine to presume male or female, than what do I want it to do? he/she was what I came up with, but this does not address non-binary gender or fluid gender, weaknesses which were on my mind. Curious, I looked for guidelines and the best I could come up with was this, which seems helpful if you know the person in question, but not so much if you're referring to someone completely unknown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_pronoun#Transgender_pronouns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_pronoun#Transgend... I welcome advice.
- damnyou 9y agoSure, I'm glad you asked. Singular "they" has a long history of being used as a generic pronoun, before a bunch of white men decided in the 18th century to try and prescribe "he." Singular "they" is making a comeback, though, and in this case it would be appropriate.