oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 2 days ago
oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 2 days ago
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I always thought “uh, this thing with the pronouns in email signatures is just woke Nonsens, everyone knows what gender I am and want to be seen as” (and i still don’t really get neo-pronouns, to be frank), but I now work in a very international environment, and I am so glad if people give me their pronouns, because I can’t always tell which gender an Indian or Chinese name is. Honestly, it’s just smart to add them and they just save everyone a lot of time/confusion.
I thought the same thing as well.
I have a few trans friends and neighbors who told me that basically when they came out and tried to change gender, no one would acknowledge their new identity. So it’s a subtle way to inform other people.
Also, I have met more than a few people whom I had no idea of their gender. So it’s actually great to read that pronoun because I don’t like playing guessing games.
God forbid someone is named Riley, Sam, Charlie, etc.