In my company (30 people), we have those who use pronouns and those who do not. It all works. Nothing is mandated and never would be. Mutual respect both ways.
Where I have seen mandated pronouns abused is in Chicago schools. Specifically Chicago Public Schools, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, Latin, Lab, Parker and other Chicago sch…
In my company (30 people), we have those who use pronouns and those who do not. It all works. Nothing is mandated and never would be. Mutual respect both ways.
Where I have seen mandated pronouns abused is in Chicago schools. Specifically Chicago Public Schools, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, Latin, Lab, Parker and other Chicago schools where you are a pariah if you do not agree to use them or share your own. This is so wrong with children. It actually made my middle son into an arch conservative (far more so than me) as he fought back.
In Chicago, it's ironic that it's perfectly OK to bring butt plugs and anal beads into a classroom (as a dean or teacher), but refusing to share your pronouns or refusing to validate others is grounds for being ostracized or worse.
And don't get me started on the gender neutral bathrooms at Lane Tech (largest high school in the city) where my oldest son went. I think we're actually creating GI problems with kids who hold it in because they don't want to use the toilet among those of the other sex. Yes, parents are actually picking up kids (or kids are driving or bussing home) to go number two.
In my company (30 people), we have those who use pronouns and those who do not. It all works. Nothing is mandated and never would be. Mutual respect both ways.
Where I have seen mandated pronouns abused is in Chicago schools. Specifically Chicago Public Schools, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, Latin, Lab, Parker and other Chicago schools where you are a pariah if you do not agree to use them or share your own. This is so wrong with children. It actually made my middle son into an arch conservative (far more so than me) as he fought back.
In Chicago, it's ironic that it's perfectly OK to bring butt plugs and anal beads into a classroom (as a dean or teacher), but refusing to share your pronouns or refusing to validate others is grounds for being ostracized or worse.
And don't get me started on the gender neutral bathrooms at Lane Tech (largest high school in the city) where my oldest son went. I think we're actually creating GI problems with kids who hold it in because they don't want to use the toilet among those of the other sex. Yes, parents are actually picking up kids (or kids are driving or bussing home) to go number two.