Timeline for What pronoun should we use here: men are encouraged to be more open with "our" feelings
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| Nov 14, 2020 at 14:01 | vote | accept | VinceL | ||
| Nov 13, 2020 at 17:48 | answer | added | Canadian Yankee | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 13:27 | comment | added | Jack O'Flaherty | If you are a man, and you want the reader to understand that, you can use the pronoun "our" to convey that to the reader. Whether you are a man or a woman, if you want to write from an objective viewpoint, you can use "their". The most common choice would be "their". | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 12:26 | comment | added | VinceL | Sorry, I don't quite get the point. Let's take me as an example. I am a man, should I write, "As men are now being encouraged to talk more and be more open with their feelings"? What are the pros and cons if I use "their" or "our" in this case where the subject is "men"? | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 11:42 | comment | added | Jack O'Flaherty | I agree, it's written from a man's point of view, and the use of the pronoun "our" intentionally defines it that way. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 11:23 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | It's entirely context-dependent. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 10:44 | comment | added | Dhanishtha Ghosh | I think that statement might lead to ambiguity. To be on the safe side, use "their". Otherwise you could rephrase it to say, As we are now being encouraged to talk more and be more open with our feelings, there seems to be a correlation [...]. If everyone already know that the author is male, their won't remain an ambiguity. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 10:35 | comment | added | VinceL | Is it recommended to do that? Or even if I am a man, I should still write "their" in this case to be neutral? Is there a guideline? | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 9:51 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Yes, the author is obviously writing from his point of view as a man. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 7:45 | history | asked | VinceL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |