Subject: "Like blue, but with a bit of red in it."
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Posted on: 2016-10-21 18:38:00 UTC

And I wouldn't describe what 'my gender' feels like - it's not something I consider terribly important.

There's a moment in (UK, original) Top Gear where they discuss the downside of having a moustache, which is: how could you think of anything else? "I'm going to the shop, and I have a moustache... I'm driving my car, and I have a moustache..." But gender... isn't a moustache, to me (has anyone ever said that sentence before? ^_^).

So I guess my follow-up question is: if the English language had a fully-functioning genderless mode, such that 'young person' was a way someone might address you, would you be annoyed by that in the same way you're annoyed by the gendered version? If gender is a partial moustache for you (ie, you're aware of it - whatever 'it' may be), how would you feel about it being...

... uh...

... shaved?

I think my simile got away from me.

hS

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