Pronoun game
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"Playing the pronoun game" is the act of concealing sexual orientation in conversation by not using a gender-specific pronoun for a partner or a lover, which would reveal the sexual orientation of the person speaking. Someone may employ the pronoun game when conversing with people to whom they have not "come out". In a situation in which revealing one's sexual orientation would have adverse consequences (such as the loss of a job), playing the pronoun game is seen to be a necessary act of concealment.
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See also
- Circumlocution
- Closeted
- Feminist language reform (also known as Feminist Language Planning)
- Gender essentialism
- Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender
- Gender-neutral language
- Gender-neutral pronoun
- Homophobia
- Lavender linguistics
- Sexual equality (also known as Gender equality)
- LGBT community
- Pat (Saturday Night Live)
- Situational sexual behavior
- Social norm
- Transphobia
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