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“Because pronouns are so integrated into our everyday language, we take them for granted without realizing that trans and gender nonconforming individuals often have to constantly think about their pronouns,” Scott continued.
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Um, no. They don't.

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Absolutely. When I grew up the words "he" and 'man' were used for any nondescript person and no effort was made to indicate that both males and females were included in the discussion. The pronouns "he" and "she" were only related to gender when they referred to a known person. And that was entirely driven by how the person "presented" themselves. Nobody ever thought of looking between their legs and comparing what they saw to how they were dress or how they acted.

If a female could 'present' themselves as a male, nobody gave a shite. Admittedly, if she were to have been found out to be 'cross-dressing' she would have been labelled a mental disorder (which I still believe it to be) and maybe not trusted with critical decisions.

Never in my life have I used the "he or she" affectation in speaking or in writing. I will admit to sometimes altering sentence structure to avoid having to do that, but only if it is not too difficult. I will use "he" to refer to some unknown individual without regard or apology.

I'd go to jail before I'd bow to that shite.

btw - I've always wanted to be sentenced to some sort of 'sensitivity training' but I got out of the standard workforce before it became as much of an irritant as it seems to be today. Surprisingly, it never came up in my latter years as a high school math teacher.