aboutmaleprivilege:

It’s never “her or his”.

Try saying that. Try writing it

“His or hers” is so ingrained that it seems natural “his” should always come first.

Maybe sprinkle in a few “her or his“‘s into your next term paper to make your professor reread the page several times with the sense that there is an error somewhere…

I actually consciously use “hers or his” all the time, or just the gender neutral “theirs/them” etc.

Also, it’s way easier to write s/he instead of “he or she” or “she or he.”

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   Or we could use (singular) “they” to not reinforce the gender binary.

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   I make an effort to do this in speaking and in writing. Alternatively, I use “her” as the default singular catch-all at...

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    we could also move toward using gender neutral pronouns or something you know because neither “his or her” nor “her or...

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    I would so do this, but I just use they/their. I don’t care if it gets marked wrong (which it has) because just by...

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    Doing it.

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    I actually consciously use “hers or his” all the time, or just the gender neutral “theirs/them” etc. Also, it’s way...

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