Argument
Manjoo states there is no requirement to announce gender when referring to oneself, as English uses this nonspecific pronoun.
What is "I"?
Manjoo argues that standard English should stop imposing a gender requirement on this grammatical person (first, second, or third)
What is third-person?
According to Bradley's research, people use "they" this percentage of the time when referring to a hypothetical person.
What is 90 percent?
What is Manjoo's primary goal? (persuade, inform, or entertain)
What is persuade?
Manjoo wants this news network to start using the correct pronouns during a rant about their politics.
What is Fox News?
This dictionary adopted the singular "they" and named it their word of the year for 2019.
What is Merriam-Webster?
Manjoo uses this specific rideshare app, along with Uber, as an example of mainstream marketing utilizing the singular "they" for a driver.
What is Lyft?
Manjoo themself identifies as a stereotypical, cisgender, middle-aged ______ __.
What is a suburban dad?
Observing their son and daughter gravitate to gendered toys and TV shows, Manjoo concluded that "gender is a ubiquitous ____ for the mind."
What is a prison?
Grammarians have actively discouraged the singular "they" since this century, insisting the pronoun must be plural.
What is the 18th century?
Evan Bradley told Manjoo that singular "they" is a perfect pronoun because it obviates the risk of making this mistake.
What is misgendering?
Observing their own children's gravitation toward "boy toys" and "girl toys," Manjoo notes that kids seem to hem themselves into these "silly" societal constructs.
What are gender roles?
Manjoo claims that language should not default to this, which is stifling even for people who mainly fit within it.
What is gender binary?
Which media outlet still encourages gendering in publications?
What is The Times?
What benefit (or detriment) does a gendered society bring us, according to Manjoo?
What is confusion, anxiety, or grief? (any one)
Manjoo suspects their call for the singular "they" will be quickly dismissed as this hyphenated term for publicly expressing morally correct views.
What is virtue-signaling?