Re:Singular ‘They’ Is Word of the Year
by erikpukinskis on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @09:38PM
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I do this. I'm sorry I'm offending you. That's not my intention.
I use it not for some political purpose, but because I actually believe gender is irrelevant to the things I'm saying. I am almost never trying to say "I went with Dave in his essential maleness to his house" I'm just trying to say I went to Dave's house. I'm not trying to reference occupation or nationality or anything else. Referencing gender is noise.
It's also impractical to have to ask everyone their gender and keep that huge database in my head. Much easier just to use one word.
I use it not for some political purpose, but because I actually believe gender is irrelevant to the things I'm saying. I am almost never trying to say "I went with Dave in his essential maleness to his house" I'm just trying to say I went to Dave's house. I'm not trying to reference occupation or nationality or anything else. Referencing gender is noise.
It's also impractical to have to ask everyone their gender and keep that huge database in my head. Much easier just to use one word.