asker

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Usually the asker is a nervous parent who desperately wants the best for their child and is terrified that affirming the child's transness will cause the child harm in the future.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

I’ve always been an asker of questions and a status quo challenger just by being a woman.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

The asker of said question likely had Jalen Carter in mind when posing it.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

"Shakespeare wanted audiences to feel uncomfortable to encourage them to confront their own prejudices. He was a great asker of questions. I'm not sure that was the intention with Delilah."

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023

Here they weren’t quite so tied up by considerations of everybody’s prestige and pride, and questions evidently were not insulting either to the asker or the one questioned.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin