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I have always tried to respect peoples choice on pronouns. I never really had any objections to it as long as it was one of the standard language pronouns (he, she, they).
But as I sit here reflecting I keep coming to the conclusion that it shouldnt exactly work that way. We should of course have the right to pick whatever gender we want (including non-binary). Likewise we have the right to demand of people they use the language that matches our gender (which may be different from our sex). What we dont have a right to do is dictate to them what language they use, or what pronouns for that matter.
If a woman is addressed by a person it is my right as the speaker addressing them to decide if i want to use "She, ma'am, lady, hey you" whatever I want to express what i want to express. ma'am showing more respect than she, etc. No one has a right to dictate to me how I address anyone, but you do have a right to demand I treat you like the person you are, and the gender you are.
For the most part that wont be a problem. I think most people who are not CIS-gender would be ok so long as they are addressed according to their gender. I think the times this might get offensive to some are 1) when people want to use exotic pronouns like Xir, they wont get what they want and probably be mad about it 2) when addressing non-binary people there are two gender-neutral pronouns considered acceptable in english "they" and "he" (yes he is gender-neutral in some contexts, and masculin in others)... the non-binary case could be problematic when a gender-neutral "he" is used because some people dont know its gender neutral and may erroneously assume it was used to represent male gendering. That said, thats a matter of education.
You seem to be confusing the term “natural human rights” witht he term “right”… all natural human rights are rights, not all rights are natural human rights (some come from law).
Here we are talking about legal rights, not natural rights.
That said I would say that yes, it absolutely is a natural right as well.
No one has the right to demand any such thing. You can want that, and others may want to accommodate you for a variety of reasons. But calling this a right has real implications.
I am not demanding anything of anyone… By default I’d have every right to walk around with metal formed into any shape I want. The idea that when metal is in certain shapes it should be illegal seems quite the violation of natural rights.
Now you have the ability to take away that right, and demand that the population restrict what shapes of metal I can have, sure… but to say its your right to tell me I cant own certain lumps of metal and cant even cut certain lumps of metal into certain shapes…. now that is something you do not have the right to do.
