Pronouns at work

They can take a guess at what words to use when they address me

I wouldn't choose this as a hill to die on, I'd probably just go with it.

I was going to say something similar. Nobody is trying to undermine, deny or disrespect anybody else's beliefs, but the same courtesy must also be shown to those who do not share those beliefs themselves. This is 'Inclusion 101', and it is what most adults know and practise instinctively.

These dictatorial demands boil down to the simple fact that some vocal people do not want inclusion at all; they are actually seeking to exclude everybody with different beliefs and practices from them. They seem to have the idea that only they and their preferences matter; when, in actuality, they matter no more or less than anybody else and theirs do.

As I gather from the deleted posts upthread, one of the activists' key weapons is to deliberately use gross hyperbole, catastrophising and emotional blackmail, by deliberately pretending that other people who want their own beliefs and preferences to be respected as well are spreading hatred and wanting people with different beliefs to die.

This is absolutely NO different whatsoever from the tactic that very immature children use, when they're asked to do their homework or tidy their bedroom.

I so wish that so much of this demand for 'inclusion' - i.e. "Everybody must be made to think, believe and do exactly the same as I do and dictate" could be properly described as gynophobia (among others, but that's the main one). Words matter.

BaronessBomburst has outlined above just one of the great many reasons why this misnomered 'inclusive' misogyny is so hateful and predatory. A woman is told that her ability to do her job - to protect her livelihood - in safety matters nothing when compared with somebody else's demand that she be exposed to the wrath and refusal to communicate ('cancelled') of misogynists, because it somehow makes them feel all warm and lovely. Remind me who the haters and the phobics were again...?

“I’m not religious / I don’t subscribe to that ideology” 😂

Weird @mrsclaus1984 . Also weird is the staff member at my work who instead I provide a title. Ie. Miss, Ms, Mrs. I refused.

Did you see BaronessBomburst's post upthread?

Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a neutral thing and just some silly little hobby that pedants like to pursue. It is about people demanding that their preferences, and only theirs, must be respected - even when that directly leads to harm caused to other people.

It's a fire that's been deliberately set in society that very soon will have spread so far that it will not be able to be extinguished - and in true DARVO fashion, the ones who are being harmed and persecuted are not the ones who claim that they are.

*insisted

I think Dr Who's wrapped this one up.

Meep: My chosen pronoun is the definite article. I am always "The Meep".
Doctor: Oh. I do that.

Kind regards,
The Dinglyping

I only use first person pronouns (I, me). Please refer to me by my full name at all times .

Also, referring to a person by default as 'they' - when that person is a known and observed individual (i.e. not an abstract 'somebody') is absolutely not a neutral act. This is an outright lie that is spread by those who want their beliefs to be the only ones that are accepted.

The vast, vast majority of people choose to identify as - and therefore would want to be referred to - as 'he' or 'she', directly corresponding to their sex.

This is instinctive and ingrained from the start - if you don't believe me, next time a proud mum introduces you to her new baby girl or boy, start referring to the child as 'they' and see how well that goes down.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Blah blah blah.

Yours faithfully,

Soup A. Crackers (Mrs)

I came on to say this. It’s your best line of defence.

Goodness going for the misogynist tropes bingo card here.

How embarrassing.

It's utter nonsense

My pronouns are: adult human female

Or all of the other advice about protected characteristics.

I wouldn't usually agree to putting my pronouns in my email signature however now I have discovered Thy/Thou I may have to change my mind.

I'm about to enter my God era.

Thy/Thou is perfect! This could get really hilarious!

Thy/Thou are substitutes for you/yours unfortunately (rather than she/her). You could of chose give you/yours as the pronouns must people will use in your presence and say you have no view on what they use to describe you when you aren't around.

It's against Yogyakarta principle 6f.

f) Ensure the right of all persons ordinarily to choose when, to whom and how to disclose information pertaining to their sexual orientation or gender identity, and protect all persons from arbitrary or unwanted disclosure, or threat of disclosure of such information by others.

yogyakartaprinciples.org/principle-6/

Very very good point

@DrBalenciaga yup.

theres already been a court case they cant make you do anything tell them tostuff it

Because when multiple people are CCd I mispronounce their pronounce so say "he has a complaint" etc when I'm talking to a woman and it's not great for relationship building which is part of my job..

No one signs Mrs.. Italians do add Dr or Dr-a to their signatures..
So when I received an email from Ashley and then talking about him and copied him in saying things like "Ashley needs support with it can you email him directly" CC him in and then when he was retiring I found out it was a woman I was embarrased!

Anyway my point being that although this started off a a trend for supporting trans/non binary people it actually helps me a lot with work when dealing with people all over the world.