Talk:Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person pronouns

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Section sizes

Section size for Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person pronouns (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,318	2,318
Overview of grammar patterns in languages	48	8,939
No gender distinctions in personal pronouns	2,278	2,278
Grammatical gender	2,357	2,357
Gender distinctions only in third-person pronouns	1,692	1,692
Issues concerning gender and pronoun usage	2,564	2,564
Gender-neutral pronouns in modern standard English	11,540	73,110
Singular they as a gender-neutral pronoun	6,297	15,432
Antecedents for singular they	3,710	3,710
Speaker variation	5,425	5,425
Reference to males and females	40	16,625
Generic he	9,597	9,597
He or she, (s)he	6,642	6,642
Alternation of she and he	346	346
It as a gender-neutral pronoun	2,180	5,315
For human children	1,979	1,979
For non-human animals	1,156	1,156
One as a gender-neutral pronoun	675	675
Historical, regional, and proposed gender-neutral singular pronouns	10,328	10,328
Table of standard and non-standard third-person singular pronouns	13,195	13,195
Emergence of gender-neutral pronouns in languages with grammatical gender	216	14,732
French iel	2,565	2,565
Polish onu and ono	2,700	2,700
Swedish hen	5,088	5,088
Norwegian hen	2,621	2,621
Arabic	651	651
German	891	891
Emergence of gendered pronouns in languages without grammatical gender	76	13,637
Mandarin	63	9,910
Lack of gender contrasts in spoken language	3,126	3,126
Emergence of gender contrasts via orthography	6,721	6,721
Japanese	59	3,651
Emergence of gendered third-person forms	2,183	2,183
Emergence of gendered first-person forms	1,409	1,409
Notes	24	24
See also	264	490
Specific languages	226	226
References	28	28
Further reading	236	236
External links	2,038	2,038
Total	115,552	115,552

Date format

This article is veering all over the place between at least three inconsistent date formats, and needs to be normalized to one, per MOS:DATEVAR. I'm of a mind to impose DMY, since this subject has nothing to do with the US in particular so doesn't seem to have any cause to use MDY. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 06:34, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Third-person pronouns" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Third-person pronouns has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 April 19 § Third-person pronouns until a consensus is reached. Vivb1 (talk) 05:16, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Use of "theirself" and "theirselves"

I've seen some use of theirself and theirselves as a replacement of themself and themselves respectively, although the latter isn't as common. Would this warrant a mention at all?

At least to me, "they look at theirself" doesn't feel ungrammatical, and neither does "they looked at theirselves". I could be conflating with "their self" or "their selves" though. FireDragons52 (talk) 04:36, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Xe/xem" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Xe/xem has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 May 18 § Xe/xem until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 14:38, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Gender specific pronoun" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Gender specific pronoun has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 May 24 § Gender pronouns until a consensus is reached. --MikutoH ^talk! 17:49, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]