"We're heading for a Misgendering Crisis"

[WLJ]

No this is not from the Babylon Bee

Pronouns are often attributed to a person at birth, when newborns can be labelled ‘he/him’ or ‘she/her’ depending on their biological sex. Despite a wealth of progress on the matter, many people still have a habit of assuming a person’s gender and pronouns.

Oh no!

This lack of understanding, or perhaps in some cases refusal to learn, has led to 85% of Brits not knowing the meaning of the term ‘neopronoun’, which refers to a set of singular third-person pronouns typically created with the intent of being a gender neutral pronoun set.

OH NO!

Mermaids CEO Susie Green, who uses the pronouns ‘she/her’, said the findings show we are facing a ‘misgendering crisis with the UK public not understanding the mental health impact that using the wrong pronouns can have on young minds.’

A further 86% of Brits do not understand one of the most likely impacts of misgendering someone is negatively affecting their mental health.

Good chance there already was something amiss when it came to their mental health

Report: UK headed toward ‘misgendering crisis’ as 61 percent of Brits don’t ask about pronouns
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/06/26/report-uk-headed-toward-misgendering-crisis-as-61-percent-of-brits-dont-ask-about-pronouns/

Concerns We’re Heading For ‘Misgendering Crisis’ As 61% Of Brits Never Ask About Pronouns
https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/concerns-were-heading-for-misgendering-crisis-as-61-of-brits-never-ask-about-pronouns/

This reminds me, I need to clean out the litter boxes

[Ben]

I'm actually not sure what my comeback line would be if someone were to ask me, "what my pronouns are". I'm thinking I'd either be dumbfounded and at a loss for words, or else coming back with an offensive, smartass reply.

[Pb]

I am pretty sure this is not the best of all possible worlds.   

[French G.]

I'm actually not sure what my comeback line would be if someone were to ask me, "what my pronouns are". I'm thinking I'd either be dumbfounded and at a loss for words, or else coming back with an offensive, smartass reply.

Beep/Bop/Boop seems to trigger them pretty well.

[lee n. field]

"first world problems"

[Boomhauer]

Half of these problems solve themselves but hey, encouraging cutting off OEM parts to solve what needs counseling is the greatest thing ever, bigot!

[MillCreek]

We are encouraged to list our preferred pronouns on our corporate email signature.  I am tempted to list 'Skippy the Wonder Dog' just to see if anyone notices.

[grampster]

I'm actually not sure what my comeback line would be if someone were to ask me, "what my pronouns are". I'm thinking I'd either be dumbfounded and at a loss for words, or else coming back with an offensive, smartass reply.

Using profane ones come to mind.

[RocketMan]

"first world problems"

Agreed.  I will endeavor to remember this one if someone ever asks about my pronouns.

[Perd Hapley]

I'm actually not sure what my comeback line would be if someone were to ask me, "what my pronouns are". I'm thinking I'd either be dumbfounded and at a loss for words, or else coming back with an offensive, smartass reply.

Offer to help them find an English as a Second Language course.

Among the many problems with the idiocy of "my pronouns" is that the whole purpose of pronouns like she and him is to be generic shortcuts. By nature, they aren't particular at all, but apply to one half of humanity or the other. They aren't yours or mine.

The second half of that problem is that pronouns are a shortcut. They're convenient. Unless, of course, you have to announce "your" pronouns, or look at someone's profile or email signature to know how to talk about them.

 This deconstruction of the language has more in common with the French or Bolshevik revolutions than the American. So no thank you, lefties.

This stuff can only make headway in a dumbed-down populace. Even the snarky retorts to pronoun chicanery reveal that most of us don't know what a pronoun is. I'm sure Millcreek knows that "Skippy the Wonder Dog" is not a pronoun, but most don't seem to.

[Hawkmoon]

I'm actually not sure what my comeback line would be if someone were to ask me, "what my pronouns are".

"Why, mine are pronouns, of course. What are yours? Adverbs?"

[Perd Hapley]

Gotta love how the Left is screwing with these children's heads, and simultaneously preparing to blame normal Americans for the fallout of their own awful, antihuman ideas. Just great.

[Ron]

Create a problem

Blame others

Require government money to "fix" problem

Profit

Western Civilization has devolved into one gigantic grift.

[Perd Hapley]

Create a problem

Blame others

Require government money to "fix" problem

Profit

Western Civilization has devolved into one gigantic grift.

Or require gun regulation to fix the problem.

[Hawkmoon]

Create a problem

Blame others

Require government money to "fix" problem

Profit

Western Civilization has devolved into one gigantic grift.

That's a good summation of the "issue." We are not heading for a misgendering crisis -- the loony tunes are doing their best to create a "misgendering" crisis by convincing gullible victims that God gave them the "wrong" bodies.

[MechAg94]

The real crisis is that the general public doesn't really care what someone's pronouns are. 

[griz]

I'm actually not sure what my comeback line would be if someone were to ask me, "what my pronouns are". I'm thinking I'd either be dumbfounded and at a loss for words, or else coming back with an offensive, smartass reply.

Can I use Smartass as my pronoun?  It seems if it's OK to make up one such as Zer, I could use an existing word (accepted and accurate) as a pronoun.

Another question, would heads explode if I picked she/him as my pronouns?

[AZRedhawk44]

Offer to help them find an English as a Second Language course.

Among the many problems with the idiocy of "my pronouns" is that the whole purpose of pronouns like she and him is to be generic shortcuts. By nature, they aren't particular at all, but apply to one half of humanity or the other. They aren't yours or mine.

The second half of that problem is that pronouns are a shortcut. They're convenient. Unless, of course, you have to announce "your" pronouns, or look at someone's profile or email signature to know how to talk about them.

 This deconstruction of the language has more in common with the French or Bolshevik revolutions than the American. So no thank you, lefties.

This stuff can only make headway in a dumbed-down populace. Even the snarky retorts to pronoun chicanery reveal that most of us don't know what a pronoun is. I'm sure Millcreek knows that "Skippy the Wonder Dog" is not a pronoun, but most don't seem to.

Wonderfully put.

All these pronoun shenanigans do is prove that people don't understand the utility of a 3rd person pronoun; it's a placeholder for a proper name or more specific noun, when the object is well understood by the first and second person who are engaged in communication.  Party A is telling Party B to give a thing to Party C, for example.  A and B are in agreement about the direct and/or indirect object, and that is belongs to or correlates to Party C.  "Give it to him" is used if Party C is nominally male.  "Give it to her" is used if Party C is nominally female.  Soulful navel-gazing and spirit bonding over soy lattes while exchanging preferred pronouns is unnecessary, but also fundamentally a corruption of language.  It's a hijacking of the 3rd person tense in the most narcissistic way possible.

[Andiron]

These are the same people that have subverted words like justice, diversity, and racism.  They don't mean anything anymore.

[Perd Hapley]

The real crisis is that the general public doesn't really care what someone's pronouns are.

Not sure how you mean that. We really do have a crisis of not caring about one another's personal lives. The average American can't seem to grasp that we can believe in personal freedom from coercive government action, but still care whether or not someone is hurting themselves. Somehow, we understand that we can try to help an alcoholic without banning alcohol. But legalizing sodomy has led us to believe there's something wrong with helping homosexuals and transgenders "transition" to a healthy, normal, heterosexual "cis" existence. We behave as if that was just the anteroom to reinstating anti-sodomy laws. This is a dumb planet.

[Nick1911]

Not sure how you mean that. We really do have a crisis of not caring about one another's personal lives. The average American can't seem to grasp that we can believe in personal freedom from coercive government action, but still care whether or not someone is hurting themselves. Somehow, we understand that we can try to help an alcoholic without banning alcohol. But legalizing sodomy has led us to believe there's something wrong with helping homosexuals and transgenders "transition" to a healthy, normal, heterosexual "cis" existence. We behave as if that was just the anteroom to reinstating anti-sodomy laws. This is a dumb planet.

Unlike alcoholism, I think only a small minority believe that homosexuality and transgenderism is destructive, unhealthy, abnormal behavior.

[WLJ]

Unlike alcoholism, I think only a small minority believe that homosexuality and transgenderism is destructive, unhealthy, abnormal behavior.

Seems like heterosexuality is often treated as destructive, unhealthy, abnormal behavior nowadays

[fifth_column]

Seems like heterosexuality is often treated as destructive, unhealthy, abnormal behavior nowadays

I would guess only a small minority thinks this way as well.

[Hawkmoon]

I would guess only a small minority thinks this way as well.

Fixed it for you.

[fifth_column]

Fixed it for you.