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Pronouns in profile
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To the best of my knowledge, the convention is based on history. In previous decades, neo-pronouns like
xewere proposed to serve as gender-neutral alternatives toheandshe, and since they were new coinages, they didn't have commonly known objective and possessive forms, so all three forms where listed.The pattern was so established that it carried over to
he,sheandtheyeven though their declined forms are commonly known.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.