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She. If you are unsure of a person's gender, just use 'they', but don't assume it's a man. In this case the pronouns are right there on the top of the blog thou
by Freak_NL 3y ago
She. If you are unsure of a person's gender, just use 'they', but don't assume it's a man. In this case the pronouns are right there on the top of the blog though (as well used in the article).
- HydianSnake1 3y agoI suspect the author owns quite a few pairs of programming socks, however.
- nicolas_17 3y ago...so?
- tronfoulery 3y ago[flagged]
- gettodachoppa 3y agoNot cool, bro. I know transwomen are extremely over-represented among online drama queens and shit-stirrers, and many people resent them for that, but you should still say "she".
- tronfoulery 3y ago[flagged]
- Hamuko 3y ago"He" is also used as a gender-neutral pronoun, much like "man" is used for "person". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he#Pronoun https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he#Pronoun
- outcoldman 3y agoNot a native speaker, but my assumption is that we are trying to go easy on “guys”, “man” and “he”. It is not hard to say “they”, “person”, “people”. Also, I cannot really explain really well, but it seems like there is a big difference saying “he” about just mythical person, and referring to a real person (whose gender you don’t know).