4 ms·
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 t
by 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 agoNo 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"