By: hopeforhappiness

hopeforhappiness
Wed, 01 May 2024 09:20:02 +0000

Why does the headline use “themselves”? Is this not buying into the non-binary way of looking at the world? The plural pronoun is now often used when you know the subject is male or female. I know this illogical grammar item has historical roots, but it wasn’t long ago that “a child will make herself sick on green apples” was understood to include boys. But of course that was accepting a binary world.
Because this gender ideology needs to be confronted, I for one am thinking seriously about now avoiding their and them when the subject is singular.