Two speakers explain why respecting pronouns matters. Misgendering can stem from ignorance, but some people deliberately misuse pronouns as oppression. Filipino is gender-neutral, and simply asking someone's pronouns is a practical first step.
Like, can we just let people enjoy who they are and let them express who they are authentically? There's a way to go around it by trying to educate people that it's wrong. Because some people misgender and it's out of not knowing how to address someone. And that I can actually understand. You know, for people who are not so aware of how pronouns are because In Filipino lang, the Filipino language, we use ikaw, ako, siya, tayo. It's very gender-neutral. In English, the way we go around it, kasi before we were so used with the binary system, the way to go around it is we just have to express what pronouns we go for and then let people know about it.
Or You know, just ask. But the fact that, you know, these oppressors and cleavist gender us, it just goes to show that they're also informed about gender pronouns. But they're basically using it against us.
Yeah, yeah. When they do that, that's when I think I draw the line. I think when people impose the pronouns on you, trying to kind of, you know, paint that, no, you're not a woman, but you're a man. Can we just let people enjoy who they are and let them express who they are authentically?
