Topic: they/them is a made up gender that is really mental illness
Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago#108,192
Being two separate people in the same body has always been recognized as a mental illness. It used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder but they updated the name. But, yeah. It's a spilt personality.
chester joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 19 minutes later[^][v]#1,213,549
i see it as like a pushback against strict and weird gender roles that are hard for most people to conform to. but sure 'multiple personality disorder' totally
Anonymous C replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,213,603
@previous (boof)
The same grammatical rules applies. It used to be another way of calling someone "it" since calling someone "it" has always been rude. They/them are still not a neopronouns.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 1 hour later, 19 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,213,613
@1,213,598 (C)
Be careful not to conflate two pretty different things here. They/them as epicenity is the product of modern gender stuff—a very recent innovation in language. As a way to refer to unknown persons yeah, it dates back hundreds of years.
> The same grammatical rules applies. It used to be another way of calling someone "it" since calling someone "it" has always been rude. They/them are still not a neopronouns.
right, the words existed before
I remember from when I was small, we had those words