Thankfully in 20 years time people who are so hate filled they can’t just say they go by ‘she/her or He/him’ won’t make up much of the workforce, or MN!
Snort.
Look at the poll results, no doubt you will say skewed as EVERYONE on mumsnet is:
a) some form of ageist, misogynistic stereotype.
b) Transphobic bigots.
I hate to break it to you, the majority of people, old and young, men and women, are sick of the wampy gender stuff.
The way the TRA’s have gone about it had ensured that there will be a huge pushback.
I know it’s not a perfect analogy but it’s like someone else being obsessed with their belly button.
If they mention it in passing, I’ll think it’s a bit odd but will forget about it/not care at all.
If they keep insisting I need to acknowledge and talk about their belly button, I’m going to wonder why and start to get a bit annoyed. But maybe go along with it for an easy life.
If they then start insisting that I now need to change my behaviour and language to center them in my day to day life, I’m going to start to get fed up. For instance, demanding that I start describing my own belly button, that I’ve never really paid attention to, in emails. Or that I now need to pretend they have two belly buttons instead of one, and that I need to refer to this in every conversation.
Pretty soon I’m going to have a visceral reaction to ANY mention of belly buttons, at all. Not because I hate the person, or some small part of the population that seem obsessed with theirs, but because I’m sick of them forcing their obsession/focus onto me and my daily life.