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I actually agree with you that the singular they should be used instead of any gendered pronoun, but I think your focus on only female pronouns is (very mildly
by satyrnein 6y ago
I actually agree with you that the singular they should be used instead of any gendered pronoun, but I think your focus on only female pronouns is (very mildly and probably unintentionally) sexist, similar to how applying law enforcement unevenly can be racist.
- OJFord 6y agoLike I said, it just 'perhaps wrongly' stands out more. I have said the same thing in threads where people are arguing over whether or not an author's sexist for saying 'him' or something though. Particularly on HN those cases are more likely to draw other top-level complaints from a political or societal perspective, I don't care about that, I just think it's annoying and bad grammar.