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I would love to have more pronouns in signatures. I cannot count the times I used Google picture search to figure out the gender of students from cultures I am
by netrus 5y ago
I would love to have more pronouns in signatures. I cannot count the times I used Google picture search to figure out the gender of students from cultures I am not well educated about (Chinese, Indian, Arabic, Vietnamese ...). Many foreign students adopted a western name to mitigate such problems. Yikes!
- yodsanklai 5y agoNever found this to be an issue. When in doubt, simply don't use the pronoun and use their first name to refer to them. > Many foreign students adopted a western name to mitigate such problems It has more to do with pronunciation.
- Glide 5y agoThe western name thing is all about pronunciation. It also helps when you realize all other personal information on a candidate might be redacted, except for a name. It predates the current cultural climate by decades.