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i hope the he/him and it/its lesbians win someday, turning english gendered pronouns into something more like japanese first-person pronouns, which is to say more of a vibe and a vehicle for gender expression and less of a strict gender classification
the world needs more he/him girls
unfortunately the fact said pronouns are used by others to refer to you, and reflexively so, means it would be hard for such a shift to penetrate far outside of particularly gender-aware circles
“using she/her is polite but he/him is rougher, implying a greater level of familiarity”
@hikari you've just reinvented honorifics from first principles
@hikari English needs to adopt the trope of shifting pronouns when you get romantically involved with someone to signify that things are now serious