Just been told to remove my pronouns from my Teams profile

OP you are my hero.

I work with someone who has english as a second language. Pronouns be damned. Everyone is he/she/her/his. They never get it right and when you've just figured out who they are referring to they realise they have been using the wrong pronoun and swap to the correct one. Very confusing when you've been in a meeting with multiple people.

Liking and respecting people does not involve going along with a lie that they have changed sex.

I think you are very simplistic. Do you know or work with any trans people who you really like and respect?

And yet, my questions are still relevant to your point about “intentionally antagonise, ridicule and mock colleagues”.

Here they are again:

What is respectful about demands of changing language to suit a person’s philosophical belief about themselves that doesn’t reflect material reality?

What is respectful about obscured language that is inaccurate being demanded and supported by policy?

Gender ideology is in its essence totally, totally mental @Horrace

General population is starting to wake up to this fact (finally). So I wouldn't worry anymore about it.

Telling me which pronouns to use when referring to you is coercion. I cannot tell from an email whether ‘Isla Bryson’ is male or female. If Isla puts she/her under the signature, that is an indication that I am expected to refer to Isla as a woman, even in Isla’s absence, regardless of Isla’s actual sex, regardless of which sex I recognise Isla to be. The not-so-veiled threats of what might happen to my career if I don’t submit to the coercion reinforce it.

Actually, no. I was referring to the fact that the OP laughed at her manager for raising her statement "Take a Wild Guess" (or words to that effect) and the fact that she said in her updates that it was meant to antagonise, ridicule and mock those that have indicated pronouns in Teams. I think people on this thread need to find better victims, because I can't fathom in what world it'd be ok to intentionally antagonise, ridicule and mock colleagues.

So yeah, completely harmless.

Well, at least if you're only concerned with men it is.

I remembered reading something about this too.

But I also remember the Vet study where a group of Vets were tested and received the same CVs with very similar qualifications through equally valued universities and work backgrounds with it clear which were male and which were female. Overwhelmingly, the vets chose the male CVs and when asked what they believed they would pay their chosen CVs, consistently said they would have offered the male candidates higher salaries.

It's actually not harmless. There is a body of research that shows a detrimental impact on how seriously women are taken and the consequent negative impact on their career progression when attention is drawn to their sex. So for women, putting pronouns in your signature is an act if self sabotage.

Why do you think it's good business practice?

It is not harmless for male people to use female language to describe themselves though.

Completely harmless? 🤔

So, the OP hasn’t confirmed there are no negative ramifications to not using listed pronouns? And so you are trying to convince people that there would be none?

Good oh.

You still have not bothered to answer the questions I asked though. Maybe you can give it a whirl at answering since I was replying to your post about ‘respect’.

Here they are again:

What is respectful about demands of changing language to suit a person’s philosophical belief about themselves that doesn’t reflect material reality?

What is respectful about obscured language that is inaccurate being demanded and supported by policy?

I think that's incredibly unprofessional, and you'd probably be in a bit of bother at my workplace for such a pathetic gesture.

Putting pronouns in your signature is completely harmless and is good business practice. It's bizarre and just a bit ignorant to do what you did, to be honest.

Again, complete conjecture to suit your narrative. Soon I'm going to read that the OP was branded on the forehead to serve as a warning...

For clarity, you spoke about respect. I asked you some questions about what I believed you were speaking about when you referred to respect.

’How about showing the professionalism and respect you expect from others at all times at work?’

Were you not referring to using preferred language in your post ?

Has OP confirmed that there was no requirement for pronouns?

I must have missed that - can you point out that post please?

Has the OP confirmed that there is no negative ramifications for not using someone’s listed pronouns ?

I suspect there would be negative impact to her if she didn’t use those pronouns, so I don’t think people are ‘making things up’.

For clarity, the OP has confirmed that there is no requirement to indicate pronouns anywhere, whether in Teams or emails or elsewhere.

You've made this up to suit your narrative. The OP has confirmed that there is no requirement to indicate pronouns anywhere, whether in Teams or emails or elsewhere.

It depends if you think toeing the line for something you don’t believe in is better than being honest.

One is more politically correct and career advantageous than the other.

What is respectful about demands of changing language to suit a person’s philosophical belief about themselves that doesn’t reflect material reality?

What is respectful about obscured language that is inaccurate being demanded and supported by policy?

How about they show that same respect and don’t expect the right to impose coercive control over my language?