Posted on 06/19/2021 7:36:48 AM PDT by Stravinsky
What’s the best way to tell someone your pronouns at work?
-The answer is clear, straightforward, and casual — in the same way you’d share what region or city you live in.
- In-person, share them with your basic intro. “Hey! My name is Lily Zheng. I use they/them pronouns, and I’m a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategist living on Muwekma Ohlone land in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
- Online, including in email signatures, you can include your pronouns (typically in the format of “X/X” or “X/X/X” (e.g. “she/her” or “she/her/hers”).
- When it comes to asking someone their pronouns, it can get more complicated, as most people don’t ask everyone their pronouns — most people only tend to ask visibly transgender or gender-nonconforming people.
- The advice here is to focus instead on always introducing yourself with your pronouns. If the individual you meet feels comfortable doing so, they may share their pronouns with you.
- For all people who have not shared their pronouns with you, commit to using singular “they” until you learn their pronouns.
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If people share that they use multiple sets of pronouns, make your best efforts to use the different sets they’ve shared. If you feel comfortable, you can ask them whether they prefer others using different pronouns within the same conversation (e.g. “I was talking to her the other day. They told me…”) or changing pronoun sets across different conversations (e.g. Conversation 1: “I was talking to her the other day. She told me…”; Conversation 2: “They mentioned that to me before! They were saying…”).
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I wish someone would say this crap to me. That would be fun.
My pronouns at work are sir/boss.
El Conquistador / Master
Oh wait. Can’t use “master.” But if one does not use my preferred pronouns they are committing a hate crime.
If someone requires specific pronouns of you to interact with them, they are a prime example of radicalized idiocy that places them beyond the hope of reasonable discourse. Walk away, no, run…
Our institutions are dying at an alarming rate.
Are “Nuts” and “Bats*** Crazy” acceptable pronouns? I’d be delighted to use those.
I have heard some people who want to avoid pronouns is reference to God, use God/God’s/Godself, etc. Do that with people: Pat/Pat’s/Patself. Pat did the job Patself. If I an talking to Pat, I would, of couse, address Pat as “you.”
It would be annoying to do and to listen to, but not as annoying as playing their game.
I respond that using substitute pronouns are not properly celebrating the individual so I will just use the individuals name.
My pronouns are Meanie Butt Daddy and No You Can’t.
My pronoun is “DontCallMeLateForSupper”
Folks in large organizations who behave this way are doing everyone else a favor.
He/him/sir, she/her/ma’am, it/thing.
More insanity from our asylums of lower learning.
The entire population needs to change over 0.000002 percent? I’m stunned at how easily ‘we” as a society just accept it. It’s been going on for years. In 10 years, what will be the next thing? Is there much left?
If someone shares their “ desired pronouns” with you, they’ve just self-identified as a pain in the ass.
I go by my name or nick name for close friends
If pressed for a pronoun I tell em “WE”
Actually not a pronoun, WE = Well Endowed.
P1$$es off all the right people
“My memory is not good enough to keep track of all that, so I’ll just call you sugar”.
“Hey you, with the face!”
Hi, Lily. GFY!
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