Gender pronouns in the workplace

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QwertyGirl said:
Why not just put Mr. or Ms. or Miss or Mrs. in front of the first name in the signature block?
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Since a lot of this is happening in academia, the title is Dr. So you still don’t know if you’re dealing with a man or woman.
 
Typical email signature:

Dr. Pat Doe
Professor of Interdisciplinary Something or Other
He/His/Him
Diversity is Us Formerly Catholic University
Anywhere, USA
 
There is no such thing as “preferred gender pronouns,” any more than there is a “preferred blood type” independent of one’s antigens. Humor it not. Be better than that.
 
FirstFiveEighth said:
Unfortunately the trade off I’ve seen in Asia is they don’t really believe in toilets. You get two foot pads and a hole, unless you can find the toilet labeled “western”.
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Depends on where you are.

Those toilets are more rare in Korea than they used to be. Seoul got dragged into the 20th century by the 1988 Olympics.
 
If you were my future employer, and asked what I wanted to be called, i’d say, “just refer to me as Miss”. These days miss is sounding pretty good; the maam years have been around for some time now!
 
Ma’am is akin to an insult here in the frozen north. No one uses it. I do like Miss.
 
When we were dating, we went out to dinner with my wife’s younger sister and her husband and a friend of hers and her husband.

He carded the sister, carded the friend, and turned to my wife and asked, “What would you like to drink ma’am?”

She still hasn’t quite calmed down over that, thirty years later: “I am not a ma’am!”

😜😱
 
Le_Cracquere said:
There is no such thing as “preferred gender pronouns,” any more than there is a “preferred blood type” independent of one’s antigens.
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Baloney, I’m an O+ but always felt like a B- ! I don’t care about compatibility, pump it in, Doc!!
 
I got called “miss” and “young lady” a couple of weeks ago.

I didn’t know whether to laugh or be annoyed. 😆😆😆😆

Literally didn’t know this woman - who couldn’t have been more than ten years my senior - was actually talking to me. She almost passed out after she asked for my ID with my credit card.
 
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I cannot stand “hon”. The rest? I was raised in the south and hung out with Yankee cousins. I don’t worry about the rest of it. As long as my name is right on my paycheck…😄

“Ma’am” at work probably still weirds me out because I’m called that due to my rank. I am a former enlisted member. I still am weirded out when they stand up when I walk in a room. I think - who the h&#% just walked in behind me? 😆😆😆
 
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I’m O- and have superior bloodwork! $500 a unit if you’re interested.
 
I just had a very good idea 💡 ! We should require gendered pronouns be added to our CAF profiles. All these gender-ambiguous usernames are making me uncomfortable!

dodges tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
 
This expectation to do more than just tolerate others’ lifestyles but to actually conform or perish terrifies me. I’m only 30 so I still have quite a bit of time until I retire and I have no idea how much crazier this stuff is going to get. I don’t have any beef with transgendered people and I usually will call you however you prefer to be called, but sometimes I may still slip, especially the further we get away from the actual dichotomy in gender. You want me to call refer to you as him instead of her? I could do that. I don’t think I’d be able to name a single one of the made up pronouns that are fashionable today even if I stood to win money on a gameshow.
 
No! I haven’t been here long but I’ve already expended the time and effort to assign a gender to each and every one of you according to my own biases about your avatars. Do not spoil this for me! 😡
 
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