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I’m seeing the more than occasional emergence of the use of gender pronouns by people across both email and social platforms.
Email signatures or profile names tend to be followed with (she/her/hers) (they/them/theirs)(he/him/his).
Little but significant moves towards equality
If that's pushing anyone to the right they were already pretty right anyway.
I've never even come across it but how is it even an issue? It takes literally zero effort.
Have never heard of this, but if that's how they want to be referred to then it's no skin off my nose. If someone is called John Smith but they like to use their middle name of Bob, you'd do it. It's not like we don't have enough other problems to get worked up about!
Brian Clough insisted on referring to Teddy Sheringham as Edward, because that's what it said on his birth certificate. Yet bizarrely, Shezza wasn't offended by it in the slightest, even though he went by the name of Teddy.
if you get upset because someone mis genders you, then you're a knob. there are many problems in the world, being called he/she instead of they isn't one of them
It’s only polite to call somebody how they wish.
I recognise Kelly Maloney as Kelly Maloney.
It’s the ze/them/they (or whatever is used for the apparent 72 genders) that irk me.
Language and Science tossed out of the window to accommodate a minute minority.
Bit of a difference there, mate.
Anyway, if I was to misgender someone and they took offence then I would apologise and tell them that it wasn't my intention. If I misgendered them again on purpose then I'd be the knob.
How hard is it to be civil with someone? I've spoken to a few people about the pronoun stuff and I don't fully understand it, but I don't have to. If someone wants to be referred to as "her" and you purposely refer to them as "him" then there's something wrong with you.
Why does it irk you? It literally has no affect on you personally and can make someone else feel much better with 0 effort.
What part of language and science are tossed out the window? What is your background in language/science that puts you in a position to make that judgement?
Language does certainly change to reflect society.
I moved to London in the early 90’s and said the word “coloured” in a discussion.
I didn’t know any better and thought it more polite at the time than the term “black”.
I was blasted by a black lady for using that word and haven’t used it since.
Although “person of colour” seems acceptable now.
It is all part of the prism of intersectionality that offends me.
I guess the World is changing at too rapid a pace for my meager brain to keep up with.
I have zero back ground in either The language or science fields...does that render me incapable of having an opinion?
Do you have a background in these fields?
Does anyone know if there is any pressure to change Latin languages that 'convert' feminine nouns to masculine nouns when a collection of both are present? e.g. hermano + hermana =hermanos.
Yeah I have studied 3 languages to quite high levels and have two science degrees and I can tell you you’re taking an incorrect and simplistic view of both.
I don’t think it makes you incapable of having an opinion, I’d just expect some kind of knowledge of a subject when having such a strong opinion on it.
Why does it offend you so much? Surely being civil to what is a very small minority of society to vastly improve how they feel while having no real adverse affect on your life is a good thing.
As you said, it’s a very small minority of the population and it costs nothing to address somebody by their requested pronoun.
Which I of course would do.
The offense to me as I have said, is that it is part of the wIder intersectionality prism that is being driven by “a certain type of demographic” that is pushing for change at a pace beyond what a large amount of people are comfortable with.
I’m glad you are here to enlighten with such credentials.
For a starter...I’d be interested to know how to pronounce “Womxn” correctly as I’d hate to cause offense.