Concerns We’re Heading For ‘Misgendering Crisis’ As 61% Of Brits Never Ask About Pronouns

UNILAD ^ | June 25, 2021 | Emily Brown

[Trump20162020]

Pronouns are often attributed to a person at birth, when newborns can be labelled ‘he/him’ or ‘she/her’ depending on their biological sex. Despite a wealth of progress on the matter, many people still have a habit of assuming a person’s gender and pronouns.

To highlight these issues, Instagram partnered with Mermaids, one of the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ charities, to conduct a study of 2,000 UK adults and find out how many people are open and accepting to acknowledging a person’s pronouns.

Of the 2,000 participants, 61% said they never ask someone their pronouns when meeting for the first time, paving the way for misgendering in the future. In comparison, just 6% said they ask each new person they meet what their pronouns are.

[Rummyfan]

Misgendering Crisis....

What the f*** is that?!

[Rummyfan]

In all the history of mankind (humankind?!) we have never had a misgendering crisis until the twenty-first century. How did we do it?

[Bigg Red]

Exactly.

[Rurudyne]

That’s those who ask every person. Even asking some isn’t good. The 61% has it right. Never ask at all.

[teeman8r]

It is bad etiquette to use a pronoun when you are with someone. So they will never know what I call them

[JBW1949]

Exactly right...

[kiryandil]

Mental illness gone mainstream.

This is what happens when you don't have to work to put food on the table.

You can lie in the corner near your computer, quivering like a mass of jelly over "problems" like "misgendering".

[TexasKamaAina]

Yes, that’s what’s always puzzled me about this fad. When speaking directly to another person I would never use a 2nd person pronoun anyway.

[teeman8r]

Your momma raised you right.

[dynachrome]

My preferred pronoun is “LSMFT” (Older folk know it)

[Uncle Miltie]

[Hootowl]

My dad smoked them.

[The people have spoken]

Mermaids CEO Susie Green, who uses the pronouns ‘she/her’,

Redundant. If your name is "Susie", of course you use "she/her". That's a woman's name, "A Boy Named Sue" notwithstanding.

[The people have spoken]

Mermaids CEO Susie Green, who uses the pronouns ‘she/her’,

Redundant. If your name is "Susie", of course you use "she/her". That's a woman's name, "A Boy Named Sue" notwithstanding.

[Louis Foxwell]

It is impossible to believe that 40% of ant population of people anywhere in the world ask strangers for their preferred pronouns.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“It puts the lotion on its skin.”

[outofsalt]

"Could all y’all here please..."

The audacity! We're; You’uns, Yinz, and Youse!
But, I like the way you think, LOL

[bigbob]

If they look like a gender queer freak I don’t want to talk to them so it’s not an issue.

[NobleFree]

Not the Bee?

[maddog55]

If you can’t figure out which one of the TWO genders the person you’re talking to is, you probably don’t want to know.