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human
CMV: By choosing to switch your pronouns/gender you are just giving power to the labels and stereotypes associated with each of those pronouns.

This has been something I’ve been struggling with for a while now. Ever since American culture has shifted to being more accepting of people not using their birth pronouns, this concept has confused me. To be clear, I have absolutely nothing against people that don’t use their birth pronouns, if somebody tells me they go by certain pronouns I will respect them and utilize the pronouns they identify with. I do want to learn why people feel the need to change their pronouns though. In my eyes, it just further solidifies the gender roles that are already established. For example, if I am a very feminine man and decide that I feel more comfortable identifying as female since I lean more on the feminine side, aren’t I just reinforcing the gender roles that are already established? Wouldn’t it be more progressive to just accept that I am biologically a male, then act however I want, even if it’s not considered manly? This is how I view the future going, people just doing whatever they want regardless of gender and “male” vs “female” being more of just something that is acknowledged in medical settings since biological males and females require different types of medical attention. I hope I presented my point well and I look forward to having my view changed and being able to see more eye to eye with those who choose to switch their pronouns. Thank you!
gpt
Well, there is a difference here between appealing to stereotypes and changing gender and pronouns. One involves prescriptivism and the other involves descriptivism. 

This is best demonstrated with non-binary people. Like, if someone were to use gender neutral pronouns or even neopronouns, what gender roles or stereotypes would there be to appeal to? Non-binary itself is practically undefined in terms of traditional roles and things like sex. In that respect they are changing gender but there aren't *prescriptive* stereotypes they are appealing to. Instead, they are *describing* themselves.