Pronouns are basically used to control other people's thought processes, to instill both a sense of fear (OMG, what if I misgender someone!) and a false sense of security in them (I respect their pronouns, that means I am a good and aware person and the twanzes see me as an ally).

Did you get to read that essay that was being passed around some years ago titled "Pronouns are Rohypnol" or something to that effect? I think I still have the archived link somwhere, I'll look it up later.