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No and I wouldn't if they asked. I don't think gender has any bearing on how one performs their job and to promote such a thing could do more harm than good.
by justaman 6y ago
No and I wouldn't if they asked.
I don't think gender has any bearing on how one performs their job and to promote such a thing could do more harm than good.
When I see someone with their pronouns on twitter I usually don't engage with them. People who do this more often than not tend to make everything about gender politics where it would otherwise be irrelevant.
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- proactivesvcs 6y agoI have a number of acquaintances on social media who advertise their pronouns. They write, post visual art, engage in a wide range of discussions and sometimes involve themselves in gender or identity issues, but I haven't noticed a proclivity towards irrelevant politics. I wonder if the phenomenon you're seeing is one more prominent on Twitter?
- icy 6y agoThis is a phenomenon exclusively on Twitter (and off late, the fediverse). I don't think I've seen it anywhere else.
- DanBC 6y agoSome NHS organisations have started using them. https://twitter.com/EddyLaurie1/status/1240346693931057153?s=20 https://twitter.com/EddyLaurie1/status/1240346693931057153?s... It's important for healthcare safety that people feels safe to discuss their gender and pronoun badges are a small sign that the wearer is a safe person to speak to.
- icy 6y agoI should think that in healthcare, of all places, your birth sex matters more than what your gender identity is -- for your own safety, even.
- DanBC 6y agoYes, that's the point. When Bob goes for treatment and everyone assumes he's cis-male but he's actually trans-male they may offer needless screening. Bob needs to feel safe to be able to say "I've never had a prostate".
- proactivesvcs 6y agoIf I was on the fence for pronoun advertisement anywhere, I would definitely come off the fence for any healthcare or social work setting.
- TameAntelope 6y agoDo you think gender has a bearing on how one feels about oneself, and does one's self image have an impact on their performance?
- justaman 6y agoI think there is a problem today when people put their sexuality as a cornerstone of their personality. I think its an important aspect of who you are but far from most important. This over emphasis on self identification can create negative feelings about the self if one were to not conform to whats expected.
- TameAntelope 6y agoAren't you worried that your judgement of other people's personalities and what they think is important to them could be needlessly harmful? Not to put too fine a point on it, but what gives you the right to tell other people what's important to them, given the vastly different set of life experiences everyone has? Maybe if someone was throwing their life away to addiction, but an otherwise functioning and happy person doesn't seem like someone who wants to hear what you think of their life, and would seemingly prefer to just be called by the identifier they've chosen and then otherwise left alone by you.
- justaman 6y agoDon't misunderstand. I have no problem using someone's preferred pronouns.
- pseudalopex 6y agoGender and sexuality are orthogonal.