Changing the Game: Gender fluidity, the pronoun revolution, and how it has the potential to end sexism

Imagine you are playing chess, and suddenly —  out of nowhere — you’re playing dodgeball. The carefully crafted rules you thought you were following no longer apply. Instead of sitting at a board with 32 pieces, strategically using your 16 to kill the queen and take the king, you now need to be on your feet, nimble, open to moving quickly and adapting. 

I think something like that is happening as discussions about gender neutral expression become more common. Some people are having a difficult time wrapping their head around the gender/identity revolution that is taking place. Younger folks, per normal, are quicker on the uptake of these types of situations. Quicker to accept people as their authentic selves. Quicker to defend people’s right to be their own truth. For some people on the far side of 40, it’s more of a challenge.