I have a question about the pronouns in profiles. I hope it won’t be perceived as transphobic, that’s not my intention. I’m not a native English speaker, so perhaps that’s where my misunderstanding (and possibly awkward turn of phrases) comes from.

Why specify the object pronoun when the subject pronoun is given?

For example, why display [she/her], and not just [she]?

Shouldn’t the slash be reserved for people who recognize themselves in more than one gender, like [she/they]?

  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    It’s weird to me too. It seems like a lot of people need two pronouns to register that someone is starting their pronouns, and it doesn’t especially matter if it’s two pronouns from the same set or two pronouns that represent different sets.