Does a girl who asks others to address her with male pronouns fall under the ruling of those who imitate men, and is she considered accursed?
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A girl's demand that others address her using the masculine form, which is specific to men, involves a kind of imitation of them. This is something definitively prohibited in Islamic law.
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