This just demonstrates how gendered language is a part of the cultural mechanism that maintains binary gender. One must guess another’s gender just to talk to or about them? That creates a situation where mis-guessing increases stress for all involved; it is one aspect of the constant social pressure to conform to binary appearance. For some of us, diminishing the power of binary gender is an integral part of our social goals. As part of that, we must question and provide alternatives to gendered language.
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