I’m not a fan of the whole pronoun thing. I don’t think I’ve hidden this from anyone but just in case I somehow did, I wanted to be really clear about it.
The reason I bring this up is because there are a lot of people who still think this should be a thing, that we should normalize asking people their pronouns as a matter of course.
Yet let’s be real here. In 99 percent of cases, if someone has a woman’s name and dresses like a woman, you’re well within your rights to assume they identify as a woman.
According to one Canadian woman individual, you shouldn’t.
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