Pronouns in email signature

We’ve been encouraged to do this too. I haven’t but if compelled will pinch either Xeno’s wonderful suggestion or ‘it’ as suggested above. Thanks mumsnet feminists!

If you are going to email someone, it’s going to be to them so it’s either going to be their name or you or your. If you are referring about them to someone else, they aren’t going to see it so what the hell does it matter ?

Ridiculous.

I think I might be a ‘thou’.

I have a friend who works as a university chaplain, and this is what he puts on his name-tag (which requires pronouns, of course) at student union events.

Whenever I see those She/her preferred pronouns I think of;

She, who’s she the cats mother?!

I have retired so this won’t affect me, but I would be tempted to put:

She/him

Or

He/her

Or even

Fu/kof

I think on a signature it's going to look very odd when sent externally to people who don't work in a culture where it would be considered normal to make a point of it

Absolutely! I got an email with this on a while back and thought "what the fuck?!" It looks really unprofessional

I find that 'you' works quite well as a pronoun.

This came up on my twitter recently via friend's retweet. It's from an academic/research institution. Friend has now added pronouns to twitter bio.

I just thought WTAF?

I’m sorry it took me so long to add He/Him to my bio.

It wasn’t until recently that I understood it wasn’t there for others to know how to refer to me, but for me to support the community that wants others to know how to refer to them.

I saw a very apt term for people like this, which someone on Twitter was using: “the under-deprived

That's exactly what it is.

Won't someone think of the plight of the non binary, pansexual , demiromantic????

It's an interesting one as working internationally I've got into the habit of using they and instead of he/she said I'd use Jane said as it's clearer.

Then I screw it all up by saying "right guys" alot in meetings.

I think on a signature it's going to look very odd when sent externally to people who don't work in a culture where it would be considered normal to make a point of it

I saw a very apt term for people like this, which someone on Twitter was using: “the under-deprived”.
I like that term. There needs to be a label for people who've never really experienced hardship or struggles or real issues who want to identify their way into an oppressed class as some societal game of oppression top trumps.

*genuinely

If I was asked to do this at work I'd ask for what purpose? I generally don't get it. If someone doesn't know whether I am male or female, when I am not in their presence (this is generally when pronouns are used) they can just refer to me by my name it's not difficult.

Side issue but the NHS is offering out rainbow badges. Not quite as visible as a lanyard tho....

I am not sure which poster above said this - and sorry I cannot find it scrolling back - but the point about unconscious bias against female people is so well made. That is a very good reason for not adding female pronouns.

Some colleagues have added their pronouns where I work. I have not and if anyone ever asks me to, then I shall quote research substantiating the above at them. Adding pronouns surely shapes gendered expectations of communications and that is against equality, not for it.

Fuck that..

I shorten my name to one that is unisex. I dont have to send emails at work but outside of work when I do I never say. Then I wait to see what I get back

Yes, I can see this happening in my workplace. It's already started in our public facing departments. I'm not in a public facing department, but I suspect it's only a matter of time. Thankfully my closest colleagues are completely against the idea, so hopefully it won't be forced upon us.

If it is, I'm going with a previous poster and using your majesty.

Simon Evans uses one/one’s in his Twitter bio.

It's a very high expectation to assume i will recall everyone's individual preferences.

Yes, how the hell am I supposed to remember the preferred pronouns of 150 students? It’s ludicrous, and putting me in a position where I’m bound to cause offence. But I guess that’s the whole point. With claimed offence comes power . . .

GCAcademic the bloody rainbow lanyards! Worn by all the 'allies' people desperate to get promoted.

Yep. I have a significant % of gay colleagues in my department, and they are spectacularly disinterested in Pride, rainbow flags, etc. They just want to come to work without their sexuality being made an issue of, and I’m pretty sure they would be pissed off if I was to use their sexuality to score woke points by wearing a fucking lanyard.

JackyHoleoak has it.

My favourite one from a twitter feminist was:
Pronouns- Your/Mum.

My pronouns are "I/me"

I think I might be a ‘thou’.

GCAcademic the bloody rainbow lanyards! Worn by all the 'allies' people desperate to get promoted.