she/her
Not he/him
She/her indicates a person's pronouns—the words others should use when referring to them in third person.
Listing pronouns has become common in email signatures, social media profiles, and introductions: My name is Alex, she/her.
The practice signals both personal identity and openness to others sharing theirs.
Someone using she/her pronouns is referred to as she when the subject and her when the object or possessive.
Adult female human
individual · subject · lady · somebody · one · third-person · singular · referent
Take back possession
- empowerGrant authority or confidence
- sisterhoodBond among women
- solidarityUnity among allies
- womanhoodAdult female state
girlhood · representation · visibility · agency · voice · strength · resilience · maternal
Gender differs from assignment
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- affirmingDeclaring something true
preferred · chosen · respect · validity · expression · presentation · LGBTQ · queer
woman
Adult female human
person · individual · subject · lady · somebody · one · third-person · singular · referent · antecedent
reclaim
Take back possession
- empowerGrant authority or confidence
- sisterhoodBond among women
- solidarityUnity among allies
womanhood · girlhood · representation · visibility · agency · voice · strength · resilience · maternal · matriarch
transgender
Gender differs from assignment
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
affirming · preferred · chosen · respect · validity · expression · presentation · LGBTQ · queer · transition
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
vehicle · hurricane · nation · country · moon · earth · nature · ocean · sea · motherland
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- LGBTQ+gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer