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respondo2134 2 days ago

what's the point of listing almost-but-not-all competing pronouns? How does that help someone respect their desired choice if "they're all good"?

93po a day ago | parent [-]

normalizing the offering and asking of pronouns, even if you're cisgender, is a good thing to do for people who do want to use different pronouns:

1. it shows that you're respectful of people's genders and you're a safe person to interact with without surprise transphobia that we constantly see

2. it causes bigoted people to bristle a little bit, and maybe over time these people will see that they're losing their battles and maybe start to embrace that they're actually the asshole and pronouns have literally no impact on them

3. normalizing asking and offering of pronouns gives people who use them more comfort in doing so themselves because it is extremely frequently met with hate speech and ridicule

4. accepting all pronouns is sometimes also an indication that you experience gender euphoria when people change them up, it feels nice to be seen for more than your genitals, and that you're a person who expresses themselves in non-binary ways.

5. it can also be a signal that hey, im sort of trans and queer and you're going to notice this, so im getting ahead of that by just stating up front to not expect manly things of me despite me having a penis

i really dont understand how people are supporters of gay rights and don't see the massive parallels to when people who are gay were casually and constanty the victims of violence, murder, discrimination, and it was okay to just outwardly be like "gays are evil, they're going to kidnap all our kids, they're going to burn in hell".