pronouns on booking form

I said no such thing

The OP posted in response to being advised to put N/A.

”it does make a difference if they then print N/A on my name badge though doesn't it? It singles me out as a tricky customer”

To which you replied
“But you are being a tricky customer”

So on the one hand you say she should just put N/A, but on the other you say that singles her out as a ‘tricky customer’. Which brings us back to the point of the OP, to find a workaround that doesn’t single her out. Something that shouldn’t be necessary.

huh?

the OPs post was "What would you put in a form when it demands you fill in the pronoun box or it won't submit, and there is a danger said pronouns will be printed on the name badges? It's a professional conference."

it was the conference/form doing the demanding.

And I would agree. But that isn't the situation. Demanding that it is doesn't make it so.

But the point is she shouldn't have to even put N/A. She should have been able to progress through the form without it being a mandatory box.

If you read my posts you'll see that I said no such thing - quite the opposite. She could simply put 'n/a' and avoid any and all drama.

<sits on surprisingly comfy £3 million in £50 notes>
<counts piles of gold bars>

No, it doesn't sorry.

<orders new curtains for the super yacht>

<orders new cabin boy for the super yacht>

It's just a rumour spread by idiots

<bites gold coin>

ooh chocolate. Bonus

Given that you seem to agree that isn’t best practice to compel pronoun sharing, I’m not sure why you think the OP is being ‘tricky’ or ‘difficult’. Or should people just let poor practice slide?

Aawwww you mean it doesn’t? Dammit Janet!

To be fair maybe that poster thinks the far right money we supposedly get actually exists.

ummm…….. er………. Did you make your money by volunteering to have the worlds first sarcasm detection removal op?

That is absolutely best practice and something I fully agree with. I would suspect in this case, at a conference, it is most likely one of those professional environments where it is standard - mainly because you have a lot of people meeting for the first time.

Asking which they prefer is perfectly standard in professional environments

In some professional environments. Professionals exist outside white-collar bubbles.

The question is not whether people have the opportunity to share pronouns, but whether they should have the opportunity not to. Increasingly best practice is to provide space for those people who want to share, but not to compel sharing of pronouns.

Brilliant and timely article from the TERF Times about pronoun usage and how sharing them can be helpful.

www.terftimes.com/p/workplace-waring-stripes/

It was.

For me.

And your point is what?

Sounds like a great place to work.

But you're the only one bragging about it...

It’s like this where I work too and it’s really, really, annoying and actually disrespectful. I try to find a comments box somewhere that will allow me to add any other comments and I make the point that I do not have a gender id and my sex is F. My doing this has had no effect whatsoever but I will keep doing it. It’s about as much as I can do.

Again, yes you can.

I should know, I spent years doing just that with some individuals.

ETA: And yes! I know, I'm not a nice person.

I've never claimed I was though!

Not in a professional environment you can't.

"You can disagree with someone - but you can't disrespect them without consequence".

Yes you can.

How should I have answered the question if not with words to describe my reasoning? People have pronouns. Asking which they prefer is perfectly standard in professional environments. If she behaves unprofessionally then her not believing in pronouns or whatever her argument is, is unprofessional - and there are consequences for that in most workplaces. You can disagree with someone - but you can't disrespect them without consequence. That goes both ways.

You have no clue how I came about my money either so.....

I don't have to work. I doubt you'd be happy to pay the price that it cost me.

Ah, it always starts with the ‘it’s only polite’ admonishment but then quite quickly the authoritarian streak quickly surfaces…

You were asked if the accusation of being fragile also applies to people having hurty feelings if not asked for their pronouns (..in a professional setting just like the OP’s).

First, you sidestep the question to answer a question not asked. Then somehow bring in language such as ‘bullying’ and ‘misgendering’ and the threat of employer sanctions. Based a scenario wholly unconnected to this thread’s discussion. Why the need to bring in such implied threats?

When all the op was about was her being forced to provide pronouns when she doesn’t feel they’re appropriate or applicable to her.

… I would absolutely think they are incapable of behaving professionally and keeping their personal opinions out of their work.

She is trying to keep her personal opinions out of her work but the conference organisers insist on bringing their personal opinions about pronouns into a work setting. Yet, she is the one acting unprofessional? There’s never a straightforward answer to this paradox.