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I don’t see how it’s any better that pronouns lose their gender, making them less specific and therefore less useful.
by kabwj 7y ago
I don’t see how it’s any better that pronouns lose their gender, making them less specific and therefore less useful.
- genmon 7y agoIt's more specific, not less: having he/she/they allows us to refer to male/female/unknown instead of overloading "he" to mean both male/unknown. Similar reason to why you sometimes want to allow NULL on a boolean column.
- hatboat 7y agoI think the argument is that "they" is often used in the plural form, and requires context to determine where it's referring to the singular. This context isn't always clear which leads to ambiguity.