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I feel like there's a vast, decent middle ground between deliberately misgendering your coworkers and the current inquisition-style shitfest.

• gnopgnip 5y ago
  Being deliberately misgendered at work is a real issue, the law doesn't prohibit it in many states. Look at cases like Meriwether v. Hartop, a professor was disciplined for deliberately misgendering a student repeatedly, then successfully sued the university
  • permo-w 5y ago
    Should it be illegal? Is it illegal to call someone by the wrong name, or age, or race? Should it be? I don’t think we should be making rudeness illegal. On the other hand, professors absolutely shouldn’t be able to sue their institution for punishing them for it. There’s a middle ground
    • gnopgnip 5y ago
      No one is claiming it is illegal to call someone the wrong name or age or race. The question in this case is "should it be illegal to discipline an employee for deliberately misgendering a student?" At least one federal circuit court found that it is illegal for the university to discipline a professor for deliberately misgendering a student multiple times. This is all to say, being deliberately misgendered by a coworker is a real problem. A private employer would not be required by law to fire or discipline an employee who was doing the same thing as this professor. So for the employer, deciding whether or not to discipline an employee who deliberately misgenders a coworker is "a political issue"