I was brought up bilingual, english and a gendered language. I always loved that english had a gender neutral option, and when my mum was pg we always talked in english about the babies, so we could say it rather than he or she.
As an adult I once referred to a friend’s baby as it and he said it had offended his wife. I thought ‘whatever, she’s a bit wierd’, but on here people seem to go crazy when anyone does it.
There’s also the whole thing with people referring to others as them even it is only one person because they don’t want to disclose the gender.
So hit me with it. What exactly is so awful about ‘it’?
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What exactly is wrong with ‘it’?
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CatherinedeBourgh · 11/06/2021 10:47
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