I have a question about the pronouns in profiles. I hope it won't be perceived as transphobic, that's not my intention. I'm not a native English speaker, so perhaps that's where my misunderstanding (and possibly awkward turn of phrases) comes from.

Why specify the object pronoun when the subject pronoun is given?

For example, why display [she/her], and not just [she]?

Shouldn't the slash be reserved for people who recognize themselves in more than one gender, like [she/they]?

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[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sometimes, especially in the case of neopronouns, two set of pronouns share nominative form, but are distinguished from each other in their accusative form

For example: ze/hir vs ze/zir.

So, in those case, is to especify Which specific "ze" pronoun the person is talking about.

This also applies to "she" and "he" as pronoun sets like she/shim, she/sher or he/her are also a thing.