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I'm all for people being who they feel they are. Dress and act as feminine or masculine as you like. But that doesn't change your sex. I'm not assuming your gender when I use a pronoun, I'm assuming your sex. And by all means correct me if I assumed the wrong sex, and I will feel embarrassed.
And for those who don't think this is a thing outside of SJWs on Tumblr and other sites, many college professors and other employees have been adding "preferred pronouns" at the end or their emails. I received a couple this past month...
Fatpicasso
WOW REALLY?!??!?!?!?
DEHUC
I once assumed someones sex and all they said was how did you get into my house....
stuffandthing
Ok so.... They have prevented your embaressment. I hope you said thank you.
JackBurtonME
Please give me the schools where these teachers work so I can make sure my kids don't go there
ribentime
It was a great school, and I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from attending. Plus I think even Ivy Leagues have been doing the same.
JackBurtonME
Please, discourage me
Littlemeg
Most perceptions of gender are based on marketing strategies, imho.
Littlemeg
Most perceptions of gender are based on marketing strategies, imho.
WisconsinHome
I signed up to go to a lecture at a local college and I received an email asking me what pronoun and I wanted to be referred to by
iReportStuffYouJackOffTo
why would you do anything other than assume what is most likely true?
stuffandthing
People are fine with that. Just don't be offended if they then correct you
somethingmeaningfultosomeoneatsomepointintime
My preferred pronouns are Sir, Lord and Mighty One.
sirbenedictjbreen
I prefer Captain Thunder.
Actualdeadpool
Mine is The Senate.
somethingmeaningfultosomeoneatsomepointintime
Goooooood. Goooooooooooooooooood.
ekzeko
Yeah I've struggled witht he same thing. If the only objective criteria you have for gender is "Someone who identifies as it" it's a (1)
ekzeko
pointless category and we might as well dismiss it as the 60 yr old failed thought experiment it is. Fuck gender roles and fuck gender.(2)
Seefa
I'm in the androgynous phase of my transition, I get a mix of hims and hers. doesn't bother me in the slightest..
JackBurtonME
Thank you for being a grown up
goandneverdarkenmytowelsagain
I feel this is one of the cases where if people stopped giving it so much attention, it would wither away.
JackBurtonME
It's sort of in a bill being looked at by the Canadian government right now I think. C-16 I believe. Could become illegal to not use pronoun
goandneverdarkenmytowelsagain
I do believe you need to find other sources: http://sds.utoronto.ca/blog/bill-c-16-no-its-not-about-criminalizing-pronoun-misuse/
JackBurtonME
may very well be interpreted by the courts in the future to include the right to be identified by a person’s self identified pronoun.
JackBurtonME
Think I got it right
goandneverdarkenmytowelsagain
You are overstating it. Why would you? The bill deals with hate crime, not pronouns use in general.