@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 year agoUsing they/them pronouns is confusing and difficult to read because one always thinks of a plurality of people. Why not just pick new words to use?message-square88fedilinkarrow-up168
arrow-up168message-squareUsing they/them pronouns is confusing and difficult to read because one always thinks of a plurality of people. Why not just pick new words to use?@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squaremy_hat_stinkslinkfedilink8•1 year agoYou get gender-neutral names in English-speaking countries too, eg Alex, Jordan, and Dylan. It’s just not possible to reliably guess everyone’s gender from their name alone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoI’ve never heard Dylan for women but yes, you’re spot on. Here it’s not such a thing to have gendered names, they just work.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoI can think of at least two (female) porn stars with Dylan as their assumed first name.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoIn Norway there’s like 60 names that have a reasonably even usage between genders.
You get gender-neutral names in English-speaking countries too, eg Alex, Jordan, and Dylan. It’s just not possible to reliably guess everyone’s gender from their name alone.
I’ve never heard Dylan for women but yes, you’re spot on. Here it’s not such a thing to have gendered names, they just work.
I can think of at least two (female) porn stars with Dylan as their assumed first name.
I know a woman called Dylan.
In Norway there’s like 60 names that have a reasonably even usage between genders.