The Complexity of Language in Conversation

Language is really it's very socially shaped and words change meaning. I might totally disagree with gender identity, whatever, but like, what are you gonna do walk around the world demanding everybody agrees with your worldview? It's like, well, my language reflects my worldview. I can't pretend I can't change that, but I can meet someone where they're at. Language is shared social space. And there's a researcher Carly Gribble in Australia who has sent me this paper about changing our way of talking to trans women or transgender people. She says we need more respect for each other as human beings. We don't have to agree on everything all the time; just be willing to