PG on Nostr: I am deeply annoyed that this question about “my pronouns” is always framed as ...
I am deeply annoyed that this question about “my pronouns” is always framed as something for my benefit, when it is a passive-aggressive way to rope me into a social ritual that I never asked to be part of.
At what moment during class would the teacher ever need to refer to me in 3rd person unless calling for medical help? And even then, wouldn’t it be more advantageous not to confuse the medics with vague or false information about my biological sex?
I can only imagine how alienating pronoun rituals must feel for students in other educational settings who are either unfamiliar with them due to cultural differences, or who are already feeling a self-conscious about their gender nonconformity.
Pronoun circles always signal an unsafe space for women. These are also the sort of spaces that inevitably shun me if and when they find out what I really think, so there is no point in depending on them in the first place.
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