What's something you used to do/see/say but don't anymore because you don't feel it's right? - eviltoast

Me personally? I’ve become much less tolerant of sexist humor. Back in the day, cracking a joke at women’s expense was pretty common when I was a teen. As I’ve matured and become aware to the horrific extent of toxicity and bigotry pervading all tiers of our individualistic society, I’ve come to see how exclusionarly and objectifying that sort of ‘humor’ really is, and I regret it deeply.

  • Gork@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The only problem I have with, “They” is that it requires context to distinguish the plural form and the singular. We need a dedicated, genderless word for singular third-person.

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      Does that really matter? If you’re talking to someone the context is obvious, same if you’re talking about someone. The cases where not knowing whether they’re a group or an individual is a problem is basically nonexistent.