Shwe s for "she" when an individual is feeling feminine. h for "he" when an individual is feeling masculine. w for "we" when an individual is feeling like both. e for "everything" when an individual is feeling like a mix of all things possible. Read my rationale and VOTE BELOW!I got the idea while trying to read a story about the bass guitar-playing kid who used to be a girl in the movie "School of Rock." Now this person is gender fluid. Notice how confusing a simple story about post-movie bullying suddenly becomes:
Original paragraph: Instead of asking about their time on set or working with Jack Black, Reyes’ classmates gave them flack no matter how they reacted. Reyes could accept the accolades, and think people would look at them as bragging about it. But if they tossed it off as nothing, the kids would hone in closer and be much meaner. One time, Reyes signed a card for another classmate, and the girl just tore it up in front of them and tossed it in the trash. To say it affected them would be like picking up a dry paper towel and gently wiping a dirty table. The backlash broke them, sending Reyes on a spiral that would frighten any parent to their bones. Drugs, alcohol, self-harm, and various addictions took over their life.
New & improved "Shwe" paragraph: Instead of asking about shwe's time on set or working with Jack Black, Reyes’ classmates gave shwe flack no matter how shwe reacted. Reyes could accept the accolades, and think people would look at shwe as bragging about it. But if shwe tossed it off as nothing, the kids would hone in closer and be much meaner. One time, Reyes signed a card for another classmate, and the girl just tore it up in front of shwe and tossed it in the trash. To say it affected shwe would be like picking up a dry paper towel and gently wiping a dirty table. The backlash broke shwe, sending Reyes on a spiral that would frighten any parent to their bones. Drugs, alcohol, self-harm, and various addictions took over shwe's life.
Yes. It would make understanding things so much easier.
No. I prefer the headache-inducing confusion of using plural words to describe a singular person.
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Instead of "they", " their", & "them", should we go with my newly created pronoun "shwe" to describe a gender fluid individual?
In spite of modern progressive politics that this question's potential answers are rooted in, there are more than two potential options. How about we stop contributing to the mentally infirm and get them the professional help they so desperately need so that they are less likely to wind up killing themselves in the long run? While it's been a few years since I attended a psych class, the first thing we learned when dealing with alternative world views was not to participate in the world-view of the patient. Do not coddle them. Do not give their world view power. Lead them to the self-realization that he is a he, or she is a she, and then help them deal with the emotional and psychological ramifications of that realization for the good of the patient. Anything other than that is damaging to the patient, may precipitate physical self-harm, or worse. First, DO NO HARM! It's not DO KNOW HARM. Long ago, I discovered that the one thing I wanted more than anything else was to have a baby, however, as I grew older and more knowledgeable about how the real world works, I realized that it was one thing that would be forever denied me just because I was born male, and nothing I would ever be able to do about that would change that fact. I will never be able to give birth. It's a biological impossibility. This is something that I've had to come to terms with, and couldn't without professional help. Without that help, most of those in situations similar to my own eventually kill themselves. There is nothing wrong with a girl who's a bit masculine or a boy who's a bit feminine. Ultimately, there's nothing really wrong with a boy in a skirt or a girl in slacks. We find them odd and unusual because we don't see it very often, but more than 1 billion males world wide wear un-bifurcated garments, what we of Western European descent would consider female attire. 20 years ago, 1 in 10 males in the USA would admit to wearing pantyhose on a regular basis for fashion/thermal reasons. I wonder what that might be up to today. Perfectly reasonable to want to be cooler in summer and warmer in winter, both benefits of pantyhose/tights wearing, but they also help keep men's shirts tucked in properly. (It's a whole over-under-over-under kind of thing. You either wear pantyhose/tights or tuck your t-shirt into your underwear. Since nobody who isn't your spouse ever sees it, who cares?) Today, men do have bikini-briefs, really no different than women's bikini-panties with the exception of a bit more room up front for the biological necessities. Men even have thongs, just like women, G-Strings too. The tiniest men's underwear is little more than a tiny sack you stick your junk in with elastic to keep it in place, just barely more coverage than the skimpiest of women's underwear.
I’d prefer that. “They/them/their” is already taken, so it causes too much confusion if you’re referring to a single individual. I saw some headline about Demi Lovato recently, and I was like “Demi Lovato says they [something or other]…”, and I had to read it like three times before I got what was going on lmao. I’m like “wait…. how many Demi Lovatos are there?”😂
Pronouns are not the issue. Because the context they, their and them will tell you the meaning of the pronoun. Lack or sentence stricture, conversation context and a lack of language comprehension are the issue. People need to stop talking and writing in text shorthand. Also there is a lot of truth to the idea of people from non-English speaking countries being able to speak better English their people born in the USA. So improving our written and spoken English is a much better idea then adding more pronouns to a language that a lot of native English speakers butcher.
It is completely made up and completely goes against everything i have ever been engraved about body acceptance. You can change how you act, never what you are. And i completely reject all stereotype of gender. Thus a female can act HOW EVER she WANTS and still be a She.
The imjustadude is all for dropping pronouns and just referring to people as The Bob or The Jill or The insert name. No more Mr. and Mrs. just The Bob Baker, The Jill Smith, etc. If the supercutebutt doesn't know what the insert name is, the supercutebutt just calls the insert name the insert name.
Sorry, but I don't accept "gender fluidity" until the definition of gender becomes completely disengaged from "sex" and the demarcation of your genitals and reproductive systems. LOL
Here's an idea. How about just leaving the English language as it is? No sane person wants to use stupid expressions like "shwe", and the fact they don't shouldn't bother you at all.
No, how about I just call the person how I see them? He looks male to me, it's a he. She looks female to me, it's a she. How about people just stop caring about what others call them 😂 That's a problem for them, not me.
Anyhow, look at this sentence... "The backlash broke them, sending Reyes on a spiral that would frighten any parent to their bones. Drugs, alcohol, self-harm, and various addictions took over their life."
Any normal-brained person would read that and think the author was talking about broken and addicted parents.
You don't have to always use the plural if you know it's one person and you know the gender, then he/she or him/her is acceptable. Singular They is mostly used to avoid weird text of "he or she" or "him or her".
Sure. But if in one sentence you are talking about two parents and then in the very next you are referring to their child, a singular person, as "they" or "them" it gets very confusing. This is why shwe will soon take over the world. :) And YOU can get in on the ground floor!
No, that's just so unbelievably stupid. Besides, it would be cultural appropriation from the Chinese, because they have Feng Shwe, so we can't take it from them :D
Why? Some debate about not being stuck with a stereotypical gender label as they do feel they identify with it and people should not be subjected to pigeon holing/labels... and yet they are merely opting for another label
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