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<blockquote> <blockquote> <p>someone who identifies themself<<<</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>
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<p>in the same spirit, i believe that would be "zerself"</p>
<p>Actually, I thought the ungrammatical "themself" was the usual politically-correct replacement for the awkward "himself or herself" which might also be thought of as exclusionary among those who consider themselves (zerselves?) to be neither male or female, or to have transcended gender entirely. What objection do people have to the word "them" that would require replacement by "zer"? Is it only that "zer" is considered singular and thus would satisfy the rules of grammar among those who consider it a word? In that case, might it not be offensive to those with multiple personalites?</p>
<p>Given that I'm a plain old-fashioned "she," I can't answer this questions and, in fact, don't really know for sure if "themself" is not okay -- it just kind of grates on my (very conventional) sense of grammar. As far as offending someone with multiple personalities, I can only venture that it may offend one or two of them (or it is zem?) but that the majority would probably be okay with it. ;)</p>