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Giving OP the benefit of the doubt here, it seems like a straw man example off the top of their head, just to throw some ideas out there.

mpfundstein 6y ago
Is OP schizophrenic? Can wr please stop this theirs bllsht. Write his or her if you want to be PC. Otherse you are right
- lidHanteyk 6y ago
  Lucky 10000: Some 1-2% of the population is neither male nor female. Hope this helps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
  - jonfw 6y ago
    1-2% includes people who have extremely minor deviations from the norm and requires you to use the most strict biological definitions of 'male' or 'female' that we could possibly use. The vast majority of these 1-2% are still easily assigned a gender. From your wikipedia article- > If you ask experts at medical centers how often a child is born so noticeably atypical in terms of genitalia that a specialist in sex differentiation is called in, the number comes out to about 1 in 1500 to 1 in 2000 births [0.07–0.05%]. But a lot more people than that are born with subtler forms of sex anatomy variations, some of which won't show up until later in life.[132] There are some percentage of people who aren't overwhelmingly male or female, and it's important to consider them with our speech, but I don't think 1-2% is a fair representation.
    - lidHanteyk 6y ago
      How courteous of you to assign gender definitions to people based on their chromosomes! Binary gender theory is the tail wagging the dog; it's backwards reasoning used to prop up outdated cultural beliefs.
      - jonfw 6y ago
        Those people who need their chromosomes analyzed are part of the 0.07-0.05%, not the 1-2% I imagine we would agree about the importance of respectful social interaction with those who don't fit within gender norms. I'm probably on your side here, but it's important to have these discussions using good facts.
- rococode 6y ago
  "Their" is defined as a "his or her" singular pronoun in most modern dictionaries, perhaps in part "to be PC" but probably much more because "his or her" is an incredibly clunky phrase to say. Consider: They asked their teacher if their homework was due on Friday. vs. He or she asked his or her teacher if his or her homework was due on Friday. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/their https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/their https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/their https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They#Singular https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They#Singular
- inscionent 6y ago
  Are you ok?
- mcphage 6y ago
  You missed that battle by a few hundred years, sorry.

mpfundstein 6y ago

Is OP schizophrenic? Can wr please stop this theirs bllsht. Write his or her if you want to be PC. Otherse you are right

lidHanteyk 6y ago
Lucky 10000: Some 1-2% of the population is neither male nor female. Hope this helps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
- jonfw 6y ago
  1-2% includes people who have extremely minor deviations from the norm and requires you to use the most strict biological definitions of 'male' or 'female' that we could possibly use. The vast majority of these 1-2% are still easily assigned a gender. From your wikipedia article- > If you ask experts at medical centers how often a child is born so noticeably atypical in terms of genitalia that a specialist in sex differentiation is called in, the number comes out to about 1 in 1500 to 1 in 2000 births [0.07–0.05%]. But a lot more people than that are born with subtler forms of sex anatomy variations, some of which won't show up until later in life.[132] There are some percentage of people who aren't overwhelmingly male or female, and it's important to consider them with our speech, but I don't think 1-2% is a fair representation.
  - lidHanteyk 6y ago
    How courteous of you to assign gender definitions to people based on their chromosomes! Binary gender theory is the tail wagging the dog; it's backwards reasoning used to prop up outdated cultural beliefs.
    - jonfw 6y ago
      Those people who need their chromosomes analyzed are part of the 0.07-0.05%, not the 1-2% I imagine we would agree about the importance of respectful social interaction with those who don't fit within gender norms. I'm probably on your side here, but it's important to have these discussions using good facts.
rococode 6y ago
"Their" is defined as a "his or her" singular pronoun in most modern dictionaries, perhaps in part "to be PC" but probably much more because "his or her" is an incredibly clunky phrase to say. Consider: They asked their teacher if their homework was due on Friday. vs. He or she asked his or her teacher if his or her homework was due on Friday. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/their https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/their https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/their https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They#Singular https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They#Singular
inscionent 6y ago
Are you ok?
mcphage 6y ago
You missed that battle by a few hundred years, sorry.