You are still making an assumption against the wishes of the person or people that indicated it. So what if she is lying? It demonstrates that respecting people’s gender is conditional on being good.
Personally, I prefer ‘she/her/hers’ when referring to the likely fabricated character, and ‘they/them/theirs’ when referring to the real person in the image.
You are still making an assumption against the wishes of the person or people that indicated it. So what if she is lying? It demonstrates that respecting people’s gender is conditional on being good.
Personally, I prefer ‘she/her/hers’ when referring to the likely fabricated character, and ‘they/them/theirs’ when referring to the real person in the image.