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> I still have to catch myself when I encounter it to avoid glancing back over the text to figure out which specific person is being referenced, whom I must hav
by n4bz0r 5y ago
> I still have to catch myself when I encounter it to avoid glancing back over the text to figure out which specific person is being referenced, whom I must have missed in my first reading
That's funny. Saying "off-putting" I had exactly that in mind.
What? She? I must've zoned out.
- handrous 5y agoYeah, I don't have a problem with the politics of it, exactly, but it's definitely more disruptive to my reading than favoring the masculine (only because I learned that way, of course—had I been taught otherwise, I'd have the opposite problem) or using the singular-plural form (they/them/their). Maybe the irritation's worth it for the effect that effort's having on culture. I really don't know. In the end, it's not that big a problem for me, just a little irritating, so I simply hope it's doing something actually-helpful for someone and don't worry about it too much.