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I don’t do it because I think most of the time it’s more about signaling political affiliation than actually solving a problem. It also tends to then extend to

I don’t do it because I think most of the time it’s more about signaling political affiliation than actually solving a problem. It also tends to then extend to things like pretending there are no sex differences and that everything is socially constructed (which I think is nonsense). I used to think this was a strawman, but the Lia Thomas story shows it isn’t imo: https://overcast.fm/+vpWbPtN0o https://overcast.fm/+vpWbPtN0o This is obviously a third rail internet topic and people can do what they like, but I won’t put pronouns in my bio and I won’t submit to pressure to do so in order to pass some sort of political morality test.

jmcgough 5y ago
> It also tends to then extend to things like pretending there are no sex differences and that everything is socially constructed (which I think is nonsense) Only a small minority of people believe that. > I won’t put pronouns in my bio and I won’t submit to pressure to do so in order to pass some sort of political morality test. Literally no one is trying to force you to do that.
- zo1 5y ago
  > Literally no one is trying to force you to do that. Not OP, but I had to do a conference talk on some or other live-stream platform and pronouns were 100% required for all speakers. This is societal level, passive or "mild" bullying that the feminists have been complaining as a symptom of patriarchy for many years, yet here we are, reverse perpetuating things that we will most likely be judged on in coming generations.
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- gonehome 5y ago
  That small minority seem to have disproportionate power (at least in the case of Lia Thomas). I’m not sure how small it is and I don’t want to enable it. There are people forcing/pressuring participation in the public display of pronouns/say your pronouns thing (you may just live somewhere insulated from it). I’ve had it happen in Silicon Valley interviews and I know some groups at Stanford require it.

jmcgough 5y ago

> It also tends to then extend to things like pretending there are no sex differences and that everything is socially constructed (which I think is nonsense) Only a small minority of people believe that. > I won’t put pronouns in my bio and I won’t submit to pressure to do so in order to pass some sort of political morality test. Literally no one is trying to force you to do that.

zo1 5y ago
> Literally no one is trying to force you to do that. Not OP, but I had to do a conference talk on some or other live-stream platform and pronouns were 100% required for all speakers. This is societal level, passive or "mild" bullying that the feminists have been complaining as a symptom of patriarchy for many years, yet here we are, reverse perpetuating things that we will most likely be judged on in coming generations.
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gonehome 5y ago
That small minority seem to have disproportionate power (at least in the case of Lia Thomas). I’m not sure how small it is and I don’t want to enable it. There are people forcing/pressuring participation in the public display of pronouns/say your pronouns thing (you may just live somewhere insulated from it). I’ve had it happen in Silicon Valley interviews and I know some groups at Stanford require it.