🏈 Another reason to laugh at Tennessee

[Destiny's Child]

I have no words for how stupid this is.. enjoy

Call me 'ze,' not 'he': University wants everyone to use 'gender inclusive' pronouns | Fox News

People there are only two choices and you don't get to choose.

 

[bama alum]

 

[Gideon Swashbuckler]

Can't wait to see the GameDay signs.

 

[sean]

i'm sorry, but using "gender neutral" speak is just plain idiotic. we are NOT gender neutral, we are gender specific. i'm a male, my mom and sister are females. my dad was a male, my grandmother was a female. i had both male and female teachers all through school. i had principles that were both male and female. and i know of no one, NO ONE, that would prefer to be referred to as "gender neutral" rather than "sir" or ma'am". that's the way i was raised. it shows respect for that person.

good luck tennessee getting that to stick since we were all raised to use "he", "she", "him", "her", "his", and "hers" when referring to someone.

but of course it's tennessee so logic is bound to be thrown out the window at some point.

 

[Mr. Pink]

[QUOTE="For example, the birth certificate might say that Big Earl is a male. But what if Big Earl identifies as a lady who wants to be called Lawanda?[/QUOTE]

Kinda makes me miss Earl now.

 

[Trob]

I swear I feel like I'm living in one of those "Left Behind" books sometimes.

Sent from my Note 3

 

[RollllTide!]

Ze name is Pat

 

[PhillyGirl]

I can understand where they are coming from, but they are going about it the wrong way ..

Plus, folks who are not part of the gender binary or what have you usually choose the pronoun they wish to be identified as. I know someone who identifies as "off the binary" and he identifies as a he, and politely tells folks when/if they mix it up. But he doesn't get up your ass about it if you get confused or if you don't feel comfortable.

 

[Gideon Swashbuckler]

But he doesn't get up your ass about it if you get confused or if you don't feel comfortable.

No Homo??

 

[Destiny's Child]

I swear I feel like I'm living in one of those "Left Behind" books sometimes.

Sent from my Note 3

You are living at the time they were written about.

 

[OldPlayer]

I have no words for how stupid this is.. enjoy

Call me 'ze,' not 'he': University wants everyone to use 'gender inclusive' pronouns | Fox News

People there are only two choices and you don't get to choose.

They, them and you are gender inclusive. Why invent new words in response to a stupid issue?

 

[Augustus McCrae]

I can understand where they are coming from, but they are going about it the wrong way ..

Plus, folks who are not part of the gender binary or what have you usually choose the pronoun they wish to be identified as. I know someone who identifies as "off the binary" and he identifies as a he, and politely tells folks when/if they mix it up. But he doesn't get up your ass about it if you get confused or if you don't feel comfortable.

You can actually understand this?

 

[PhillyGirl]

You can actually understand this?

It's not a big deal to me. I just treat people how I'd want to be treated: with kindness, compassion, and understanding.

But I do think UT is going about it in the wrong way by proclaiming what pronouns you can and can't use. It's a very personal decision not only for the person who uses an alternate or differing pronoun, but also for the person who is being asked to use it.

 

[Augustus McCrae]

It's not a big deal to me. I just treat people how I'd want to be treated: with kindness, compassion, and understanding.

How do you treat someone the way you would want to be treated in this instance unless you can identify with this type of behavior.

That would be difficult for me, unless of course I wanted to be treated like every day was Halloween or one big Rocky Horror Picture Show showing.

I don't really comprehend how enabling gender confusion falls into any of the categories of kindness, compassion, or understanding.

I don't get it.

 

[Snout Spout]

1) It's a suggestion, not a rule.
2) 15 years ago I came up with something very similar. I thought it sounded absurd that we should use different pronouns depending on a person's sex. My idea was to use "ve" and words starting with a "v," but it's essentially the same thing. Why should we use different pronouns based on a person's sex anyway? In some languages, words themselves have gender and you have to know which gender the word is to understand how it conjugates. English doesn't have that, so no need to differentiate in pronouns.

 

[Augustus McCrae]

1) It's a suggestion, not a rule.
2) 15 years ago I came up with something very similar. I thought it sounded absurd that we should use different pronouns depending on a person's sex. My idea was to use "ve" and words starting with a "v," but it's essentially the same thing. Why should we use different pronouns based on a person's sex anyway? In some languages, words themselves have gender and you have to know which gender the word is to understand how it conjugates. English doesn't have that, so no need to differentiate in pronouns.

Looks like your 15 year old efforts to root the absurd and archaic use of gender specific prononuns out of the english language finally gained traction within the UT faculty. Who could have ever suspected that the only impediment to your idea was lingering hurdle of sanity. Now that sanity has been removed you ideas can bear fruit.

Must be a proud moment for you.

 

[Gideon Swashbuckler]

1) It's a suggestion, not a rule.
2) 15 years ago I came up with something very similar. I thought it sounded absurd that we should use different pronouns depending on a person's sex. My idea was to use "ve" and words starting with a "v," but it's essentially the same thing. Why should we use different pronouns based on a person's sex anyway? In some languages, words themselves have gender and you have to know which gender the word is to understand how it conjugates. English doesn't have that, so no need to differentiate in pronouns.

Is this a serious post??

 

[OldPlayer]

1) It's a suggestion, not a rule.
2) 15 years ago I came up with something very similar. I thought it sounded absurd that we should use different pronouns depending on a person's sex. My idea was to use "ve" and words starting with a "v," but it's essentially the same thing. Why should we use different pronouns based on a person's sex anyway? In some languages, words themselves have gender and you have to know which gender the word is to understand how it conjugates. English doesn't have that, so no need to differentiate in pronouns.

Let's just give everybody a number and not a name.

 

[Gideon Swashbuckler]

Let's just give everybody a number and not a name.

Not far off. It'll just be a barcode in your forehead or right wrist. And you won't be able to buy or sell without it.

 

[Augustus McCrae]

Not far off. It'll just be a barcode in your forehead or right wrist. And you won't be able to buy or sell without it.

Definitely on the forehead. Tattoos have virtually eliminated the wrist option.