• ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Gender was needlessly injected by the English language, which requires gendered pronouns. The boss had no choice about referring to the winner as “she”, she just chose to comment on it.

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      1 month ago

      Did she not have the gender-neutral pronoun ‘they’ in her lexicon?

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        1 month ago

        Sure, but she didn’t use it for the same reason you’re using “she” and “her” instead of “they” and “their” - she knew the winner’s gender.