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I would like to push back against this, because They/Them also has plenty of risks that are usually never thought of by people who don’t use they/them or other
by SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
I would like to push back against this, because They/Them also has plenty of risks that are usually never thought of by people who don’t use they/them or other nonstandard profiles. Many companies, especially startups, don’t have HR departments to begin with. Of those with large HR departments, many don’t have a reputation of not protecting abusers (see: Uber, Google). Most HR software, payrolls, health data, etc also assume M/F sex === he/she pronouns (this problem also happens to people with nonstandard names to some extent). Additionally, there’s no guarantee your co workers will actually use they/them around with you or somehow believe you’re less technical or less skilled purely because of your choice in pronouns.
Overall they/them isn’t really worth progressive points unless you actually are non-binary. But that comes with a lot of bullshit, see above ignorance.
- jrsj 5y agoThis was really just a joke about how an old white guy could go “undercover” and become hireable again, I definitely wouldn’t recommend anyone actually do something like this.