Posted on 03/11/2023 6:40:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In the last decade, gender pronouns have become a much more common sight to see and hear – both in social media profiles, in their email signatures, on patches and pins, and when they introduce themselves.
As the fight for LGBTQ+ equality and rights continues, many people have publicly announced that they’re non-binary and use they/them pronouns.
When people share their pronouns, they’re explaining how they self-identify and how they’d like others to refer to them.
The best thing to do when someone shares their pronouns is to use them.
According to GLSEN, a group that provides resources for educators to use with LGBTQ youth, using a person’s pronouns is a first step toward showing respect for their identity and creating a more welcoming space.
The pronouns he and she are used in discussing other people and are gendered pronouns.
People can also use non-gendered or gender-neutral pronouns such as they/them, ze/zir, ze/hir, xe/xem, fe/fem, ey/em, co/co, or per/per.
Some of these, such as ze/sem and fe/fem, are known as neo pronouns, and are what some nonbinary, gender diverse, transgender and genderqueer people use.
Other people ask to be described by a variety of pronouns such as she/they, or any pronouns. Some ask that they be referred to only by their name, asking that no pronouns be used in reference to them.
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“Here’s what you should know“
What l know is it is a bunch of BS.
They’re not confusing, they’re offensive. If the Left can get away with being offended by every little thing, we should give it back to them in spades (can I still use ‘spade’?!!)...
You are either XX or XY. Anything else is freak show lunacy.
They should ID as ‘moron’. Non gender specific and available in as many flavors as they can think up.
If have to deal directly with one of these mentally off balance people, ask their name and use it, no pro nouns. I don’t play into mental illness.
You and youse still works fine
Don’t hire them if they include them on their resume. Nbt.
It’s actually quite simple. XY chromosomes = he/him, XX chromosomes = she/her.
Languages have genders. People have sexes. End of discussion.
That's why I carry my microscope wherever I go.
I haven’t run into any of these mental perverts and have to deal with pronoun confusion, but I do know one thing. I will not pervert the American language.
Imagine how that'd go over!!
just call them by name, nothing else...
Gender pronouns confusing? Well they are pure Gibberish
If someone tells me their pronouns...I will laugh (huge guffaw) and walk away.
That’ll also be the last time I ever talk to them.
Confusing?? aaahhhh no. simply male and female. end of story...
His, has a penis. Hers, has a vagina. Only a DNA test can be 100% sure.
>>I have a Masters.....I honestly have thought about requiring people at work to address me in that manner.
Imagine how that’d go over!!<<
If that means you work in higher ed then it would not work well as that is where this fascist insanity came from.
I have thought about formalizing it (I am semi-retired from the IT industry) but too many people take that crap seriously. These are people who still have the delusion tht “diversity is productive” although there are zero double-blind tests/studies that say so.
anything other than “he” or “her”, just refer to as a sh!t head. That’s a neutral term.
I do not think when speaking to a person, I would say, Kalisnikov, do blast bang think identifying splat whomp are causing me to snigger and laugh while speaking to blast bang?
Control freaks, they are
I would avoid Kalisnikov like the plague.
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