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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Are pronouns misogyny

64 replies

FoggyFriday · 23/12/2025 22:47

Me and my daughter are disagreeing about pronouns (as in having them in bios, email signatures etc) I feel they pander to men (who are the main % of pronoun users)
Do you think it is considered misogynistic to preface the term She/Her etc

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Helleofabore · 05/04/2026 14:57

SadTimesInFife · 05/04/2026 13:04

Defining women by their marital status is unnecessary, and sexist.
Miss/Mrs/Ms on forms. And yet, only Mr for men.
Wtaf?!

This must change.

There are parts of the world that have dropped titles on forms. I was surprised to find that the UK still makes them mandatory when they are not relevant to the form or the organisation needs.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 05/04/2026 17:08

The only people it helps are those with an ambiguous name like Alex or a name usually for the opposite sex eg women called Charlie or men called Lesley

midgetastic · 05/04/2026 17:10

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 05/04/2026 17:08

The only people it helps are those with an ambiguous name like Alex or a name usually for the opposite sex eg women called Charlie or men called Lesley

It only helps those with ambiguous names who actually identify strongly and so care

some of us prefer that no one knows until they meet you

actAlly id prefer they couldn’t tell then either but that’s hard for many body shapes

Talkinpeace · 05/04/2026 17:29

Steve Shirley very deliberately never let on her full name
as otherwise she and her team did not get contracts

2021x · 06/04/2026 09:14

Tough one. I didn't mind putting them in because alot of people I work with (healthcare) did not have westernised names and so you couldn't always tell from their name what sex they wer.

I stopped doing it when it became propagandised and associated virtue signalling and after the initial 6 months, a lot of people stopped as well.

RosesAndHellebores · 06/04/2026 09:25

My personal pronouns are I and me.

If people in healthcare don't have westernised names and it's hard to tell, I'd have thought the following words wpuld do the trick.

Either I am a woman, or I am a man.

Dons flak jacket and runs.

RapidOnsetGenderCritic · 06/04/2026 10:48

LlynTegid · 05/04/2026 13:44

The French and some other languages have one term for a woman, one for a man. Much better.

Does French no longer have Madame and Mademoiselle? It's a long time since I took my O-levels.

rockinrobins · 06/04/2026 10:49

No.

Talkinpeace · 06/04/2026 16:03

Always remember the farce that was "non binario / non binaria"

Pronouns either state the obvious truth
or a lie
therefore they are irrelevant

Mr / Mrs / Miss are not pronouns, they are titles

oviraptor21 · 06/04/2026 16:09

Spacek · 24/12/2025 07:06

I don't think it's misogynistic. I find it useful, particularly for names I am less familiar with (as a person who learnt English as an additional language, Jo/Joe always tripped me up in emails).

I don't want you to know my sex though. My first name can be either sex. That's great for me.

Shortshriftandlethal · 06/04/2026 16:16

Pronouns are one of the props required to uphold and reinforce the idea that people can be 'born in the wrong body' and that some men are women.

RobinEllacotStrike · 06/04/2026 16:17

Yes compelled/ declared etc pronouns seek to eliminate women in language & in actuality - they confer acceptance & at least adherence to gender ideology, which is built on the idea that women are a feeling people have.

first class top notch misogyny

TheCozyWyvern · 06/04/2026 16:43

I have mixed feelings on them as someone who has put them in social media bios. As someone who was in a lot of male dominated hobby/fandom spaces it was nice to differentiate myself and be myself but on the other hand it opened me up to a lot of online harassment (including sexual). Nowadays I substitute it for phrases including woman which I think gets the point across better and has slightly less harassment aimed towards me.

lemonraspberry · 06/04/2026 16:47

Yes, never needed them until men put on a dress/makeup
in public and demanded we recognise them as women & to validate our own status as as a woman. Could not be more insulting or misogynistic if they tried.

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