datblygu
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Did you even read the article?
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It asks an employee, within a work environment, to use language which is respectful to the person they're addressing.
Its the same with swearing, racism, sexual terminology.
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Know what, I've got a sneaking suspicion our mate d34noj might not be entirely on the level with this line of discussion.
d34noj
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Yes mate, a double-rapist changed his gender on a whim to avoid a men's prison. Or do you believe otherwise?
That's my point. It wasn't. It REQUIRES use of preferred pronouns, meaning mandatory. The employees are obligated to use specific language regardless of personal viewpoint, or risk consequences.
Swearing/racism (of course racism) not sure what you mean by sexual terminology? Someone's gender identity completely different as a man who wishes to be called otherwise is, for all intents and purposes - asking the interlocutor to lie.
d34noj
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They are required to? There is no alternative, for example, using someone's name?
d34noj
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That would be my alternative if I felt uncomfortable using whatever pronoun I was being asked to use.
So not required to use a preferred pronoun.
What would make you uncomfortable with using someone's preferred pronoun, out of interest?
d34noj
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Well no, because if a pronoun has to be used - it HAS to be the one dictated to by the individual (and I do mean dictated).
I'm perfectly fine with him/her regardless of whether they are trans or not - absolutely none of my business and i'm not going to go out of my way to be impolite to them.
However.
They/them/theirs - If somebody is singular, i'll use singular pronouns.
As for the others...
Ze/hir/hirs
Xe/xem/xyrs
Ver/vir/vis
Te/tem/ter
E/em/eirs
I'm not using/remembering that crap, just to feed your narcissistic perception of entitlement. Find something else to make yourself interesting. There is 111 pronouns in the English language, and they're none of them.
Kever10
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Are pronouns not typically used for someone who is not present? Who directly responds to someone using pronouns. Its peculiar.
I don't even like to overly use the actual names of people i am talking to, i think it makes you come across as disingenuous and phony. If someone uses my name more than once in a conversation, and I'm not talking about using my name to get my attention, or single me out and address me in a group scenario, i am immediately suspicious of them.
The pronouns thing to me is bizarre and used solely by people who are seeking attention and/or want to force a perceived identity on others.
I don't even like to overly use the actual names of people i am talking to, i think it makes you come across as disingenuous and phony. If someone uses my name more than once in a conversation, and I'm not talking about using my name to get my attention, or single me out and address me in a group scenario, i am immediately suspicious of them.
The pronouns thing to me is bizarre and used solely by people who are seeking attention and/or want to force a perceived identity on others.
You wouldn't have to remember, you'd just ask and then call whoever it was by name.
You seem to be very angry about what seems like a common courtesy.
If a Dr asked you specifically to call them Doctor or someone had been knighted and asked you to call them Sir, would you refuse?
Exactly why it's a bit of a non issue. It's not common to keep addressing someone by name or pronoun after an introduction.
Oh hello Sir Henry, how are you Sir Henry, can I lick your boots please Sir Henry?
Nope wouldn't do it. This isn't the middle ages and I'm not some knave.
I'd sneak 'universal suffrage' onto that list, just because of the irony I reckon a fair few will be totally absent of.
I put it under voting.
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