I have a question about the pronouns in profiles. I hope it won’t be perceived as transphobic, that’s not my intention. I’m not a native English speaker, so perhaps that’s where my misunderstanding (and possibly awkward turn of phrases) comes from.
Why specify the object pronoun when the subject pronoun is given?
For example, why display [she/her], and not just [she]?
Shouldn’t the slash be reserved for people who recognize themselves in more than one gender, like [she/they]?
And now this is also just how we communicate that the speaker is stating their own pronouns. If I put “Pseu he” as my username, there’s a high chance of confusion. If I put “Pseu he/him” as my username, it’s obvious what I’m trying to say.
Why not something like “Pseu [he]”?
That works better in text, but doesn’t come across as well in spoken word
At least in the areas where I see pronouns, they often do it in their status or the like and may not use brackets. “He/him” seems to be more widely understood than brackets or parentheses.
People don’t seem too confused by my Alex (they), to be fair. It’s more about the punctuation than about the single pronoun.