> The hypothesis has long been controversial, and many different, often contradictory variations have existed throughout its history.[2] The strong hypothesis of linguistic relativity, now referred to as linguistic determinism, is that language determines thought and that linguistic categories limit and restrict cognitive categories. This was claimed by some of the early linguists before World War II;[3] but, it is generally agreed to be false by modern linguists.[4] Nevertheless, research has produced positive empirical evidence supporting a weaker version of linguistic relativity:[4][3] that a language's structures influence a speaker's perceptions, without strictly limiting or obstructing them.
So there is empirical evidence that it has a non-zero impact on the way people view the world.
What's wrong with Person-In-The-Middle? If we can include more people and make the topic more accessible and move a little stone off of the patriarchy mountain, seems like an easy win to me. Assuming you believe that systemic privileges exist and that they are bad and should be changed.
