Posted on 09/20/2015 6:14:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Scripps College, a private all-women’s college in Southern California, is giving students ten pronoun options to choose from in their student portal accounts — including “hu, hum, hus, himself,” “Just My Name Please,” and “None”
It’s not clear what the hell students who choose “None” are supposed to be called, especially since “Name Only” is another option. Are they (oops! I said “they!”) asking to not be spoken to at all? Because that sounds like a microaggression.
The other eight options are “E/Ey, Em, Eir/Eirs, Eirself/Emse,” “Per, Per, Per/Pers, Perself,” “Zi, Hir/Hirs Hirself,” “Ze, Zir, Zir/Zirs, Zirself,” “They, Them, Their/Theirs, Themse” (used as a singular pronoun) and — yes — the archaic “He, Him, His, Himself” or “Her, She, Hers, Herself.”
This list of pronouns, as well as a pronunciation guide for those insensitive bigots who don’t already know them by heart, was provided to the College Fix.
The students’ selections are given to professors. It’s not clear what kind of hell a professor might have to endure for accidentally using the wrong one — but it could be serious, especially considering that at least one student considers the options to be necessary protection from “institutionalized violence.” Yes — “violence”:
“One’s gender identity should not be something that causes them anxiety in their everyday lives,” junior Rachel Neuberg told The Student Life, the official college newspaper for the affiliated Claremont and Pomona Colleges.
“I hope that Scripps will continue to create a safe and comfortable place for its students, and that other colleges will take note so we can all work together to stop institutionalized violence,” she continued.
There is, however, an obvious problem with this system: What about the gender-fluid students who may change genders and pronouns throughout the year, or even perhaps throughout the day? I can’t imagine how traumatic (dangerous?) being pressured to choose just one might be.
— Katherine Timpf is a reporter for National Review.
How about the only allowed pronoun is “I”. Like Rastafarians.
Years ago, attended a wedding where the bride had insisted that the preacher say, “Husband and wife” instead of ‘Man and wife”. The preacher forgot and said “Man and wife”. The sweet bride was furious. Needless to say, the marriage didn’t last long.
This is not going to help them after they graduate and enter the job market. They have to be able to communicate, and having their own private language does not enhance their employability.
These will be the same ones complaining about not finding job opportunities in the chosen social engineering fields.
But, hey, they can feel good about hums or hus or hos.
Ok, Rachel (can I call you 'Rachel'?), I'll bite:
Why not?
RE: How about the only allowed pronoun is “I”. Like Rastafarians.
How does one refer to the third person among Rastafarians?
But the Chinese character would be verboten with this idiocy.
I didn’t know that.
I say we take off and nuke this college from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
DANG!
That would get their tiny little minds right...
Does Rachel Neuberg has a boyfriend, or is it a Zerfriend or an Eirfriend?
You know, life was so much simpler when this stuff was simply considered to be mental illness.
PING!
I am seriously considering doing a Tshirt that has a happy face and the words “Gaia has selected me for extinction!!!”.
I figure I’d make a fortune between liberals buying them and others buying them for liberals.
Why not just their student number?
After all, calling someone “Cindy” implies gender.
I feeeeeeel like a king, so please call me King Toad from now on.
How about: "all homen’s college"
Or: "all hymen’s college"
No, can't do that.
Maybe: "all hemen’s college"
Yeah, that's it.
I fully agree with this except I think it is the person who is referring to the other that gets to choose the pronoun.
The noun I most often use for referring to gender confused lefties, “IT”; Before you think this is a pronoun, it isn’t. This is a reference to the creature on the show “The Adams Family”.
Does that get you into hairy situations?
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