I cannot be the only one who...

[alotofyarn]

This is news to me. What?! This is as bad as womyn.

I mostly see it on another forum of academics, where there are a lot of liberal arts faculty members that feel the need to be politically correct, I think. Either way, I think it's ridiculous and mostly refuse to read half the threads because of it.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I've never heard of that, ALOY! Learned something new!

[Thirteen]

I've never heard of that, ALOY! Learned something new!

It's catching on -- I just learned of it about 3 weeks ago, myself.
(It would have made papers on gender theory so much easier in grad school!)


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

I've never heard of that, ALOY! Learned something new!

Oh yes, I heard a podcast about this the other day. Apparently professors at schools with a lot of gender non-conforming students (mostly commonly at historically women's colleges which are now becoming very popular with students who are all over the gender spectrum) now have to ask the preferred pronouns of each student to use them correctly. AND, some gender non-conforming students are preferring "they" instead of a singular gender which is just grammatically ridiculous...

I support being supportive of these students who are exploring their identity but for a professor to have to memorize the preferred pronouns of every student in the class is rather impractical.

[PrincessFiona]

Writes completed tasks on my to do list just so I can cross them off.

Me too!

[alotofyarn]

Oh yes, I heard a podcast about this the other day. Apparently professors at schools with a lot of gender non-conforming students (mostly commonly at historically women's colleges which are now becoming very popular with students who are all over the gender spectrum) now have to ask the preferred pronouns of each student to use them correctly. AND, some gender non-conforming students are preferring "they" instead of a singular gender which is just grammatically ridiculous...

I support being supportive of these students who are exploring their identity but for a professor to have to memorize the preferred pronouns of every student in the class is rather impractical.

So glad I don't teach many students, and that, for now, they're all online! The ze/zir/hir pronouns are supposed to be a more correct form of they/their, I believe.

[Auspicious]

I am totally on Team "They" as a Gender-Neutral Singular, and I am not alone. (Wait, is this the confessions thread?)

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/edu...gular-pronouns