Yes. As a member of the LGBTQ community and as a person that identifies as asexual I can understand the existence of gender pronouns, the purpose of gender pronouns, and the importance of gender pronouns. For example I personally use he/him pronouns because of my experiences with my self sexual identity but I can totally understand why someone would chose other pronouns based on their experiences either with their self sexual identity or their body. It makes sense why people might choose different pronouns based on their decisions especially after a gender change or whatever the person decides to undergo since that person is not just deciding about changing gender but is also dedicating the time, the effort, and the commitment to the process along with the money as well. As society continues to advance the expected population of the LGBTQ is expected to grow over time due to an expected growth in sexual identities changing either physically and/or non physically so it makes sense that the need for gender pronouns for clarity will grow over time and not just for supporting pronouns non verbally by writing your preferred pronouns on stuff.
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I try to use proper grammar the way I was taught. My grammar might not be the best in the world, but I know that he / him / his are masculine, and she / her / hers are feminine. Anything else is pure BS.
If we simply let people make up their own grammar, we should just stop teaching grammar altogether. We should stop teaching language altogether. Let everyone call a tree a nalgof if they want.
I guess I didn't answer the question. HELL NO I don't respect some stupid moron who can't figure out the difference between a boy and a girl. Even people with an IQ of 30 can figure that out. Even most of the lowest forms of life can figure that out. Even plants can figure it out.
Now then, what shall we call Los Angeles? How about calling it Je Angeles? Or should everyone get to make up their own name for the city?
Sure! Although, I probably won't get it right the first time I meet them and i'm okay with that, and I'm also okay being corrected.
I've known people that go by their non birth names, we make allowances for Kathryn's to be called Kate or Katie, or every now and then people like Richard want to be called "Dick" or William to go by "Billy" I mean, who in the hell came up with that one? It's nothing a like and you wouldn't even know based on well, anything.
Do I like being "told what to do" no, but I really don't see this as an extension of some authoritarian left wing movement. I just see a person, who to be perfectly honest, probably already dresses in a way that indicates some level of memorable non-conformity. Pronouns so rarely come up in person. Just learn the person's name, address them respectfully, and if you get it wrong behind their back, its not the end of the world.
yes, it's not a huge effort on my part, and I'm not going to waste time and energy judging whether someone "deserves" to use certain pronouns.
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Nope, no one called me a prophet when I was 10, or "the shadow" when I was going through my goth phase. I feel like my right to identify as a messenger of god, or the absence of light were trampled at such a tender age, and you can't prove or disprove either one.
Then certainly something that can be proven, like the presence of a Y chromosome along with or the absence of matching genitals would be a personal problem, much like my inability to suck the air out of other people's lungs at range.
So, call me god, worship me, give me back that lost glory of my youth, and I'll call you whatever you want. Fair is fair. Or give me the ability to suck the air out of other people's lungs that are up to 10 km away.No, I don't encourage mental illness.
I respect my fellow man as a person with their own unique personality and perspective and treat others with that mindset, but I will not encourage maladaptive behaviors in my society no matter how many feelings might be hurt. Accepting and trying to help those with a mental disorder is different from accepting, encouraging, and even praising it. Your pronoun to me is assigned to you by the gender you were born with, Male or Female. We can still treat others with kindness and respect but addressing someone with the right pronouns has nothing to do with what true kindness and respect is.
Depends on what you call "respect." They have a right to refer to themselves and other people any way they want. But they do not have a right to tell me how I have to refer to other people.
This is a critical distinction because there is an authoritarian cancel-culture movement in this country that thinks it has a right to tell other people what they are allowed and not allowed to think and what they are allowed and not allowed to say. This is a dangerous and evil movement that threatens the liberty of every person.Of course! I respect peoples preferred pronouns
Imagine outing yourself as disrespectful due to your entitlement over something that has nothing to do with you lmfao this thread is wildOf course, just as I call someone by the name they give me. It would be exceptionally rude to do otherwise.
No. I won't use a pronoun that they object to. I won't challenge them or be disrespectful. I just won't be around them. I'll leave. This trans thing is really making me sick. I don't care to humor them. I don't care if that makes 0.005% of people cry.
Yes. Using someone's preferred name/pronoun is basic human respect. It doesn't take any more effort for someone to say "he" v "she" v "they" v a different pronoun. The type of genitals someone has is no one else's business and they should be allowed to be referred to as they please.
If someone is trans I respect that and of course I will refer to them as there chosen gender. Also if I can't tell someones gender I'll play it safe and refer to them as "them" just because it's polite not because of any political reasons. I just believe in respecting others as to how I'd like to be.
As for everything else I'm not changing my vocabulary for anyoneIs the person a biological male? Then I will use "he", "him", and "his".
Is the person a biological female? Then I will use "she", "her", and "hers".
Basically, I live in accordance with objective reality. I don't care how someone wants to be referred to.Yes I would use their pronouns. I may forget, I can’t help it sometimes, I have society norms ingrained into my head. But I won’t go out of my way to purposely use the wrong pronoun. If I did I would apologize, and move on, assuming they wouldn’t want me to make a big deal out of it.
It's not up to you nor anyone to dictate what I say and do not say. Neither could you enforce it anyway even if you tried. So the whole concept is ridiculous. And "identifying" yourself by different pronouns do not change what you objectively are, simple logic, simple facts, simple reality. Enough said, period, end of discussion.
In my native language it doesn't make sense to refer to someone as "they/them" or "him/her". But if I'm talking to someone who is an English speaker, then I'll use the pronouns they prefer, I respect that.
I'm all for civility and getting along with people if I can, but it's becoming tough when I see things like cancel culture with trans activists and critical theorists as their vanguards at the forefront. There are certain contexts where I find it necessary to distinguish biological sex from gender identity, and the space broadens if activists continue to be so hasty to label anyone of dissenting opinions as a cissexist or a transphobe.
I guess if someone called jane asked me to call her kate I would accept that. So if someone want to be called with some pronouns I would respect that. But they should be tolerant as well if i messed up with the pronouns because it can be a confusing calling a he a she or so...😵
Only if I get to pick the pronoun.
Otherwise no. If it quacks, I call it a duck. If it has boobs and a girl's face, she better be trying real hard to pull off the dike look.
Guy on the otherhand, I can knock his butt on the ground. He gets what I choose.
Everytime I see this, I realize we need another convential global war where the weak get dealth with, and the strong shall survive.Hey, if they want to refer to themselves in third person, more power to them. I don't care so long as it isn't forced upon me to follow suit or telling me to call them as such.
I will refer to you in the context of your birth name and gender at all times. Never by pronoun unless it's to be used in appropriate grammatical context.If I am talking to them directly yes, but normally i use there biological pronouns like if I’m talking about Eliot page I will still call her she because she is a she biology not psychology determines whether you should be called a she or a he. otherwise what is a woman what does a man do you things does not exist.
I respect it, but it's confusing to me so makes up prblms
I mean when a man says he wants to be called "she" and by mistake i call the man 'he" it's insulting and offensive or anything like that
But I'm not gonna really remember what to call u , right? I got other things to doWe should make "asshole" the official pronoun for every creature on planet Earth.
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