Thread by @MrMennoTweets

More than happy to confirm that I am a 'Pronoun Purist'.

I will not call a man 'she' or a woman 'he', let alone use 'xe / ze / ey' or any of those other nonsense pronouns.

I am very lucky to be in position where I don't have to.

#sexnotgender

2 / I realise though that for others this can be very different. They may be able to lose their jobs if they publicly only use pronouns based on sex. It's a crazy situation, but I'm not here to tell them how to navigate that. There is also the fact that we're all 'peaking' at

3 / different times and different rates and so may change our position on how we use pronouns. There is so much to get your head round. As a Pronoun Purist I think we can help others on their peaking journey by pointing out how simply using sex-based pronouns puts everything

4 / into perspective so much quicker. It's an interesting conversation to have, not just around pronouns but around gender woo language in general. In the case of men who claim to be women, I often think about something Julia Long said in an interview with @_JVigo

5 / I'm paraphrasing so this is not a direct quote, but it was something like "If you don't see them as men, you'll never understand any of the rest of it."

And that also applies to women who see themselves as men.

savageminds.substack.com/p/julia-long#d…

6 / So for people still finding their feet I wouldn't come down on them like a ton of bricks if they use pronouns based on 'gender'. I'd just have a chat. But I'd absolutely call out a newspaper who refers to a man as 'woman' or 'she'.

gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-…

7 / And with any of the Tra-la-las on here I'll absolutely go "He!" or "She!" just so they can see that not everyone is buying into their gender lies or happy to indulge them for the sake of 'being kind'

8 / Which brings me to those on 'our side'. The ones committed to turning the tide. The ones putting out excellent work and making a difference. Some still use gender woo language, and I can see why they might from a tactical point of view. But I don't. Do I 'police' them? To be

9 / honest, I only think I've ever done that in private with people I know well and who are fully clued up with what's going on, even more so than myself. Even then, I get it! You talk about a bloke and use a women's name for him, your brain naturally goes 'she'. But just as it

10 / might be annoying for someone to hear me or other 'Pronoun Purists' go "he" when they do so, it's also fucking annoying for us to them use she for a man. Especially when that man is an absolute fucking arsehole. And I'm definitely not having it in my own home #NotUnderMyRoof

11 / Oops mangled that up a bit. Try again!

It's also fucking annoying for us to hear them use 'she' for a man. Like, REALLY FUCKING ANNOYING.

OK, hope that makes more sense now 😉