• rxin
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    5 hours ago

    enbies are not gender neutral and have their gender as well! hence neopronouns.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      3 hours ago

      They/them is not used exclusively to refer to neuter things, so enbies not being gender neutral is irrelevant here. ‘They’ is a useful and pre-existing catch-all.

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        3 hours ago

        they/them is what I hope we all eventually settle on as standard for NB gender identities.

        This part is the one I’m referring to. I’m not opposed to they/them — it’s good, but I don’t think it’s fair to reduce enbies to just “they/them”.

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      4 hours ago

      Non-binary is a broad spectrum of identity. What you’re suggesting only works for identities like genderfluid or demi-gender people.

      I’m agender, which exists outside of the male-female binary (in which you are either one or the other). Agender and it’s derivatives, like gendervoid, are completely gender neutral. I only use they/them because it’s really difficult for the average person to not use a pronoun when referring to me, I very much prefer people using my name in place of one.