I may be wrong
but your brilliance is my darkness
posted 6 years ago on January 25th 55,765 notes, via

aandyrea:

gendering strangers is a bad habit
gendering strangers is something we have to unlearn
gendering strangers is something I’m still working on not doing
gendering strangers is harmful

please please please
unlearn what society has taught you
train yourself to say “they” until told differently by the individual

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    I agree with this being a very English language. It’s too confusing for kids and for others as well. I get the whole...
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    Ok as an ally I really want to make an effort to be respectful and kind. I generally use “they” now for anyone. I also...
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    Reading this feels like English pronoun roulette
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    This post is very English language specific, this won’t work in many other languages. Plus, this discounts people who do...
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  15. dxs4all said: That… Might not work in every single language. For example; if I were to refer to someone as “they” in dutch (which is my mother tongue), to most people it would seem that I’m saying “she”. The words for “she” and “they” are the exact same (zij) and you can only really tell the difference becaus of the different verb form. Maybe using the polite form of “you” (U) would be an idea, but that only really works when you’re adressing someone directly…
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