New Pronouns- Combinations

"Stormkeep;c-18044648" wrote:

"LatinaBunny;c-18044639" wrote:

*takes a deep breath*
No, but it will help people who are different BE ACCEPTED. Being more accepted and getting more accepted in society, and the more exposure to different people in the media, especially those underrepresented = less tolerance for harassment and bullying and other violent bigoted acts towards folks who are different or underrepresented.

Anyway, I just wanted to clarify before I leave this thread alone. Sorry to bother everyone. :neutral:

While I support the concept of what you're saying, I disagree that it will necessarily help. The aggressive and incessent push for greater acceptance and inclusivity by the left is the reason that the vile and bigoted on the right have become so empowered that they have gained massive political influence in the US and some other countries.

i.e. whether it is actually helping or harming in the long run has yet to be seen, but there are many signs pointing to the latter. As much as it pains me to see it.

It's a slow pace kind of progress. There will always be people who will be bigoted/hateful but a lot of people just don't understand it cause they don't see it. But once it becomes more prominent and more mainstream people will adjust.

During time periods where there is a lot of change in a relatively short amount of time there is a lot of knee-jerk reactions and those negative sentiments will in particular fester/spread because of societal anxiety about change but in the long run things will improve. Not to mention there are other aspects at play and not just social changes.

At the end of the day, this may not change anything irl but it does put it in the mainstream and may open doors for people. Maybe not the sims franchise itself but perhaps gaming media as a whole.

Pronouns really isnt a big deal and honestly could save people a lot of headache irl. I wish there was a way to just have a label sticker on your person to indicate what pronouns you use cause not everyone irl is so easy to recognize and for some they may get offended super quick if you misgender them.

In my days working at fast food, once doing drive thru a car came with a very high pitched/feminine sounding voice and I assumed it was a woman and called the "ma'am" (Southern habit). They pulled up and they were in fact a man (with his two kids in the back) and boy that man looked mighty annoyed. I was so embarrassed at the time.

Not the same scenario applicable to this, but there are plenty of people who are androgynous enough (imo) that I just don't know what to use and am afraid to ask cause I could offend them. There are lot of cases irl its just hard to tell and discussing it more openly/casually even irl would be much nicer imo.