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Just as calling Lauren "he" would prompt people to ask questions that Chemda would explain, having "ze" catch on would prompt the same exact questions. It would be an ok gender-neutral pronoun to use in writing, in place of the awkward he/she, but when referring to a person it would be no different than "he/she." The only way a referential "ze" would catch on is in a society where transgender is completely not out of the ordinary, and in such a society referring to Lauren as "he" wouldn't prompt any questions anyway.
Btw, I use "they" for a gender-neutral single pronoun, and fuck the people who deride, it's much better than "ze" or "he/she." Why not just refer to gender-whatever-is-not-offensive-now individuals as "they" and "them"?
on that note, is "genderqueer" not offensive but "queer" is?
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