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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Denying people's existence doesn't make them not exist.

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Happy Pride![/quote]

And yet, many institutions are denying womens’ existence.

Happy reality![/quote]

Please explain how this is related to the use of the honorific "mx."[/quote]

Non binarism and transgenders are not biological existences but a reflection of the imagination. I suppose they exist because people declare themselves as such but it's quite different from the real genders.

I suppose if I demanded everyone address me as Sir/Lady, you'd happily acquiesce?

The whole battle over pronouns and associated honorifics is a struggle over how we define and accept what is real versus not. [/quote]

Not an answer to the question.  Why not?

All gender is a function of the imagination.  That's how gender expression changes over time.  People imagine different ways that men and women (genders) should be.  That changes.  When men wore wigs was that not 'real'?

If you wanted to be addressed as "Sir/Lady", yes I'd happily acquiesce.  It's not particularly difficult.  I don't really care, and I won't die from doing it.[/quote]

DP but I think it IS an answer - traditional honorifics tell you actual information about the real world - male, female, married or not - these things all have reality independent of the mental state of the person from minute to minute

Not so with “Mx” which describes something that only exists in one person’s head

That’s the “real vs not real” thing[/quote]

Someone identifying as non-binary is real, sorry.  You don't have a lock on "real" gender.  [/quote]

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