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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.
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'It' is a neuter pronoun, it for something what we know does not have a gender.
What is under discussion is what pronoun should be used for something that we know does have a gender, but we do not know what that gender is, or are choosing not to specify a gender.
I think referring to people as 'it' would be even more likely to offend than using 'he'.
