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Originally Posted by MichaelSullivan
[...]Having genderless versions of he/she his/hers would be wonderful.
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
[...]But how about an alien species with three sexes? Then you need a pronoun for a person who is not genderless, but of a gender not found on Earth. In that case, if the alien language cares about gender for pronouns, you could use the alien's pronoun for that third gender.
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I think one of the things this conversation has highlighted has been that there are multiple topics/requirements/agendas appearing: genderless vs gender-neutral (gender-inclusive) vs gender-alternative-specific. Such mission-creep is one of the reasons why committees have so much trouble reaching consensus, and I don't think we're likely to do much better here.
