Mother's Day Thomas Wheatley Analysis

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In addition, Thomas Wheatley also believes that Transgenders are changing a lot of default definitions and norms. Because they are transgender so it is not right to call them he/him/his or she/her, they are not fully male or female so “gender-neutral pronouns such as “nir”,” vis”, or “ze” will take the place. Similarly, meaningful holiday such as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day will become a confusion, “I do not want to vilify Mother’s Day as transphobic or chide basic chivalry as wrongful discrimination” (Wheatley para. 11).
The intended audience that Thomas Wheatley targets are educated people who also feeling the changes of the society because of transgender. Besides, teenage girls, young women and parents who are trying to protect themselves

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