How best to answer 'What are your preferred pronouns?' in an intervew

Everyone knows this already.

I'd go with "sex based" and leave it at that. That what I plan to say if asked but I've not been asked personally. Constantly asked it in forms form my kids though

I agree 'female pronouns are fine' is a good one for an interview. You could say 'is that relevant to the position?' if you feel like pushing back. I think you probably won't get asked though.

Also, say we buy into this 'your pronouns define your gender identity rather than your factual sex' business. What the hell are the pronouns for the other 72 genders there are supposed to be?

In for a penny . . .

In the unlikely event I was asked, it would be a way to select myself out of working at a TRA bullshit infested place. I'd be sorely tempted to say "None. How can someone who doesn't legally exist in this country have pronouns?"

I don't 'identify' as female. I simply AM female. Your sex is a biological fact, not an 'identity'.

The word 'factually' is not redundant at all. My use of the word 'belief' for what i may presume some feels in their head proves that it's all just belief and none of it is fact. Therefore the teachers can only 'claim to be' non-binary. They are not simply 'non-binary' as you previously stated. It is a claim, it is an unfounded belief.

Sex is binary, this is a scientific fact. It is not a belief or a theory.
There is no such thing in humans as non-binary sex. Fact.

If you still want the job after they’ve asked for your pronouns, answer “they/them”.

They’re obviously woke virtue signalers, so being they/them will increase your chances of getting the job enormously.

You can then practice being “that” employee. The one they all dance around and treat with kid gloves, lest they offend you.

Ironically, I find having "he/him" or "she/her" quite useful when I receive an e-mail from someone who has an unusual name, or a both-sexes name, or a foreign name, particularly Turkish where there seems to be no cue from the spelling (to an English speaker) as to whether it's male or female.

Maybe I shouldn't care what sex someone is, but I'm curious by nature, and people don't seem to put "(Mrs)" or "(Ms)" after their name much any more. I don't think men ever put "(Mr")", because by default someone sending you a business communication was a man.

(Of course I could probably just paste their name into LinkedIn!)

"It varies - which way is the wind blowing today" and smile sweetly

That's really funny! Thank you, I enjoyed that analogy.

😂😂 that’s good

I don't believe in astrology, but I know what my star sign is. When someone asks me, I tell them what it is.

… is your opinion- as you indicate by using the phrase ‘I believe’. So the word ‘factually’ is a little redundant there!

Depends on the industry. I would never ask someone else as I think it's rude, but in industries with lots of people who identify in non-standard ways its not outside the norm to state your pronouns when introducing yourself.

If someone does ask me, I say She and Her. I don't have trouble identifying women, so I don't have trouble with using female pronouns for myself.

'My name is X im happy to be called that'

I think I might look awkwardly down at my feet and say 'I'm not in a place where I'm ready to answer that question definitively yet" - but only if I really didn't want the job!

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This would be perfect

another suggestion..."will it make any difference to my pay?"

I think I would do as others have and say I'm female

It doesn't really play along but also doesn't kick you into a corner where it becomes a thing

I mean it hasn't happened so it's hard to know, and I do not accept gender ideology but yeh I'd probably go with I'm female

Honestly I'm far more ok with someone saying "I don't want to be referred to by my sex" than I am someone saying "I want to be accepted as the opposite sex".

If non-binary didn;t come with a side helping of gender identity ideology and a garnish of female erasure I'd go there myself. But as it is, it's a prop of a sexist belief system and it contributes to the cultural lack of visibility of female people, so no thank you.

They are claiming it as they are not non-binary as a matter of fact.
Non-binary is a made up idea about how people might 'feel' male or female, or neither, or both at the same time. It's not even scientific theory, let alone scientific fact.

Exactly. "Non binary" is a nonsense. Every single person who has ever walked the earth is "non binary" because no one embodies all the stereotypes about their sex and none of the ones of the opposite sex. Women saying no to men is "non binary".

If you're anything like me (a middle aged woman) you'll find that no one will have any issues assuming your pronouns, even the exotic pronoun-havers know just by looking at me I'm a she/her. Not sure how but it's like clockwork.

They are claiming it as they are not non-binary as a matter of fact.
Non-binary is a made up idea about how people might 'feel' male or female, or neither, or both at the same time. It's not even scientific theory, let alone scientific fact.

So, factually, you simply can't feel neither male or female, or both at the same time unless (I believe) you are seriously allowing mysogynistic stereotyping to dictate your material and behavioural preferences as being either 'male' or 'female'.