[UbuntuWomen] Gender specific pronouns in applications

[Paula Graham]

On 17/03/12 13:59, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Ireene-Sointu schreef op ma 12-03-2012 om 09:45 [+0000]:
>> I would like this to be taken into account if/when anything relating to 
>> gender pronouns is determined:
>> per = she or he
>> pers = her or his
>> pershelf = herself or himself
>> This would do away with a need to differentiate genders for those people 
>> who do not want it; who want to emphasize our common humanity rather 
>> than our differencies like I do. 
> I agree that gender-neutral text might be desirable, but using the "per"
> pronouns (or other synthetic ones like them) will only result in people
> not understanding what you mean (they are only known by people who are
> interested in gender topics).  If anything, "singular they" might look a
> bit strange/ungrammatical, but has the advantage that more people will
> understand what you mean...
>
>
That's very true - I usually go with her/his her/him or s/he etc -
clunky but easy to understand and, I hope, not too off-putting for
people who don't relate well to gender politics.

Paula

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