Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 29 2019 04:43pm)
Depends in what sense you are using "disprove". It definitely disproves the rule as absolute. At minimum it demonstrates that the rule has exceptions.
no one said it doesnt. its still a rule that useful and generally true.
Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 29 2019 04:53pm)
I'm talking about how people assess which pronoun to use in a given situation, not some reading of pronoun assignments as absolute truths of biology. We could just as easily make a third set of pronouns for people with androgynous characteristics and call them Hijras and it would be just as biologically true as the binary description.
Which pronoun you use has never been dependent on what genitals the other person has. It has, however, been based on secondary characteristics that are typical of one sex or the other, and on tertiary characteristics that are adopted depending on societal norms. I.E. primary = genitals, secondary = hip to waist ratio, tertiary = clothing choice, preferred pronoun, etc.
The only way you can reasonably say that the penis is implied is to create some ridiculous headcanon that Winnie the Pooh has a retractable penis that never shows up, or that in the truest reading you should mentally insert a dangling dong into every image of Pooh. In truth we call Winnie the Pooh a boy because he has a deeper voice and refers to himself as such. Change his voice and slap a "her" label on the same design and you've suddenly created a character that is female without doing anything with genitals.
youve gotta be out of your mind bat-shit insane if you think you can bring any proof of anything from a CHILDRENS cartoon character. its a damn cartoon, NO cartoons have genitals, male or female, because theyre aimed at kids and thats something that pretty much everyone agrees kids shouldnt be exposed to.