whtiza@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months 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-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down172
arrow-up1-8arrow-down1message-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?whtiza@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squaremy_hat_stinkslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months 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-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoIn Norway there’s like 60 names that have a reasonably even usage between genders.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months 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-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI can think of at least two (female) porn stars with Dylan as their assumed first name.
minus-squareVaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI know a woman called Dylan.
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.
In Norway there’s like 60 names that have a reasonably even usage between genders.
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.