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Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Pronouns (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] starman2112 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is exactly the comment I was gonna leave, I strongly dislike the phrase "preferred pronouns," because that implies that it's a preference. Big props to John for making the distinction

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The problem with "correct" pronouns is that what's considered correct will differ depending on who's saying it. There's no confusion with "preferred" pronouns. Also, it is a preference, because some people use pronouns that are not the standard he/she/they ones. It's not their gender that they chose, it's (potentially) what pronouns they want to use to refer to said gender.