What do you think about gender pronouns?

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DonkeyDan · Accepted Answer

"Gender Pronouns" are vital for identifying someone based on their sex, for example in my field of medicine it is absolutely vital that I identify the subject by their natural birth sex as this has a huge bearing on their physiology. It has little consequence to what I am doing if they identify as the opposite sex or something else, I have to take into account the person's physical sex and not their perceived one.
If you are referring to "Preferred Gender Pronouns" then it is important to the person themselves but not useful to those around them if it doesn't accurately describe the visual aspects of that person. What do I mean by this? Well if I instructing a colleague to go and take this form to the gentleman with the blue shirt on in the patient room and all they find is someone that looks like a woman with a blue shirt on in the patient room how is that helpful. If something looks red we refer to it as that red thing, we don't say that red thing that idebtifies as blue, because regardless of gow that item identifies it is still recognised as a red object and is such how we describe it.
Also when it is not clear that someone wants to be referred to as the sex they identify as because it's not outwardly obvious due to their appearance, I don't expect that person to get upset with me for not knowing how they identify and that is their preference.
It is fine that people can use a gender pronoun to identify themselves, but they have to understand that it is not always relavent to the person standing in front of them, and to expect someone to use that terminology isn't always useful. Asides the fact that many people just don't care what gender someone identifies as, and it's not their problem if it isn't obvious.

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

I think they're like flags: they serve an important purpose, but some people make WAY too big a deal about them.

KatherineJ · Accepted Answer

I’m over it. Someone asked me my pronouns, and then they had to explain what they meant. As if the dress and heels I was wearing weren’t a big context clue! I am She/Her. Call me old fashioned, if you must.

LingyRolls · Accepted Answer

They're both stupid and oppressive. I hate them and want nothing to do with them.

DaveJord · Answer

The have a purpose and real meaning and that is why I stand by using them accordingly.

RobT312 · Answer

🤮 please stop this fad, it’s so stupid

TadCurious · Answer

They're part of my native language. I'm very much in favor of them. I'm certainly not going to use ze/zir or any of that idiocy.

Massageman · Answer

pfffffft

Wise4myage · Answer

I think its incredibly stupid.

Dchrls78104 · Answer

The only legitimate ones are: he/she; him/her: his/her (s); himself/herself. Anything else is a cry for help from suitably qualified mental health professionals.