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9 days agoJapanese for example. Pronouns like he (kare 彼) or she (kanojo 彼女) aren’t used as frequently as in English or many other western languages. Usually it is familyname + status-suffix.
For example: Smith-San(さん) -> Mr/Mrs Smith
Tanaka-Sama(様) -> Very respectful form of adress
Aoyama-Sensei(先生) -> Teacher/Doctor/Artist
To any native/professional speaker: correct me if I’m wrong.
While I generally agree with your statement and I don’t mean to contradict you:
Sometimes finding a specific label leads you to acknowledge certain misgivings you have with your current life/path, which you haven’t noticed before. And thus give you a chance for improving your quality of life down the line. But certain labels come with a lot of baggage, which may hinder any progress and its easy to be stuck in the loop…