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Originally Posted by eskimo49
Why not just use 'it' for a genderless pronoun. To the best of my knowledge I have never met anyone who is genderless, so can't see why I would need a pronoun for one.
Probably some people are getting too political correct and just trying to protect themselves.
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The real problem as I see it isn't so much gender
less but rather someone that combines more than 1 gender.
We could have a name tag:
1. body type - parts A - natural male
. parts B - under transformation to female
. but stopped at 50%
. parts C - removed every 2 weeks
. hormonal treatment - xyz32
2. clothes - generally recognizable as male
3. name - no sex/gender indication
4. Attitude and actions - Generally female but seeks female partner
4. bathroom association - Female or special
Now what bathroom do we designate for this person to use.
They might like the Female one but that could be a problem in
a normal bathroom.
Of course if there were good tight stalls and the same in the showers the problem would be mostly alleviated. Essentially there would only be individual facilities.
If we wished to provide a special "larger" bathroom/locker room/shower, because of space considerations, besides male and female then what does the sign say.
"special" - that leads to more questions. Are we talking about disabled?
"common" or "all" or "neutral" are probably better.
Then there is the question of what sports this person can participate in and with what group.
Once the major (to keep screaming and outrage to a dull roar) are settled, then we can agonize on the pronouns.
You might laugh at some of this above, but believe me people are dealing with it right now and there are experts on it.
Then you have the people that might wake up one morning and feel "one way" and the next day "another way" and their bosses, coworkers and customers have to deal with it. All this is in our brave new world.