University of Tennessee tells staff and students to stop using 'he' and 'she' - and switch to 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead

rg57 · 2015-08-29T08:47:36+00:00

I am gay. Fuck that.

There is already a suitable word called the "singular they" and it works just like the "singular you". We don't need to invent ridiculous words.

I am so embarrassed this has anything to do with gay people.

This is NOT what we were fighting for.

Please continue with roll call.

thegreyhoundness · 2015-08-29T04:29:53+00:00

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garglemesh42 · 2015-08-29T04:47:28+00:00

xyr is still too masculine: XY chromosomes.

garglemesh42 · 2015-08-29T09:40:48+00:00

This redacted-gender person with breasts needs to keep zir stupid thoughts to zirself.

Do yourself a favour and read that aloud to yourself. If you laugh or groan, you are a stable human being and there's hope for you.

Meanwhile, for serious... does this school miss the point? I don't know any transgender people, but I imagine if I did, I wouldn't call them "he" or "she". I'd call them "you". Or, y'know, THEIR NAME. Duh-doy.

2015-08-29T08:05:26+00:00

Donna Braquet ... More like Donna Banquet, amirite?

Targren · 2015-08-29T05:52:30+00:00

I have to agree with one thing on the UT page though.

“Oh, nice to meet you, [insert name]. What pronouns should I use?” is a perfectly fine question to ask.

It's absolutely a great question. Ask it, and if the answer is anything other than "What, are you a fucking idiot?" you know that you can go through life completely ignoring that person, and lose nothing of value.

Corn-Tortilla · 2015-08-29T05:20:30+00:00

The only response I can be bothered with is...

Oh fuck off!

EvilPundit · 2015-08-29T04:18:14+00:00

At first I thought this had to be a joke - being on the Daily Mail and all - but there's a link to the actual university website that shows it's serious.

newharddrive · 2015-08-29T06:19:34+00:00

Sorry, but this is not how human languages work. You can't just order people to use certain words, comrade!

Way to go! Donna

2015-08-29T09:53:14+00:00

Imagine how much more welcoming campuses would be for men, women, LGBT, etc etc if they fired all these superfluous hangers on and dropped tuition fees accordingly.

HeroicPopsicle · 2015-08-29T12:06:18+00:00

The only pronouns ill ever use is He/she stuff, if a person is transgendered, ill agree to that. But the moment someone demands i call them something ike xe or zir (in sweden we have 'hen' which is a combination of Han (him) and Hon (her), basically a combo of it to gender neutralize it, hate people who use it, always seems to come from pompous people as well.),

God dammit, seriously cant understand what sort of special snowflake superiority 'the universe better tailor itself to me' bullshit this is about...

SlimThugga · 2015-08-29T12:51:36+00:00

If gender identity is such a big deal for transsexuals (since that's what this policy would be, lipservice to them), why deny it for everyone else? I don't understand. MTF transsexuals insist on being called female pronouns. FTM transsexuals insist on being called male pronouns. So why can't regular people have their gender identity verbally validated as well?

rocelot7 · 2015-08-29T14:27:02+00:00

Can I still call ze a cunt?

Keiichi81 · 2015-08-30T14:12:27+00:00

"More inclusive" to these SJW idiots seems to mean "everyone walking on eggshells with a constant sense of unease," because that's exactly what this sort of compulsory "sensitivity" accomplishes.

xynomaster · 2015-08-29T05:03:32+00:00

Does this really matter? Does it discriminate against men in any way?

iainmf · 2015-08-29T05:02:38+00:00

I'm going to demand to be referred to in third person all the time. No pronouns for you!

deathdragon5858 · 2015-08-29T08:55:31+00:00

My only explaination is the cholesterol must have been starving the oxygen to her little brain for years.

Zealsc · 2015-08-29T12:55:47+00:00

I get a brain aneurysm while I'm reading that shit.

steagles1 · 2015-08-29T15:41:24+00:00

Well I'm glad I chose to go to Louisville rather than Tennessee.

2015-08-29T18:06:39+00:00

This is the stupidest thing I've seen today

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-08-29T22:27:47+00:00

Woody Allen once said great beauty drives a woman insane. I'm starting to think it's the other way round -- being fat and plain is what really drives a woman insane.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2015-08-30T05:14:48+00:00

Anyone who tells me that as a formal policy would be met with "Stop policing gender you self righteous hypocrites."

caius_iulius_caesar · 2015-08-31T10:33:58+00:00

I'd like to see them try enforcing that in Tennessee. Ha.

DroogDim · 2015-08-29T05:59:42+00:00

I's tell 'em to shove it up there ass. Public schools are subject to the 1st Amendment.

Tmomp · 2015-08-29T12:09:06+00:00

I disagree with people complaining here about gender neutral pronouns. I would prefer English had them. I know "they" and "their" work, usually, but I would consider new words a benefit. I like that English now has Ms, not just Miss and Mrs.

I agree wholeheartedly about the criticism of the authoritarian implementation. A school that can punish you telling people what words to use undermines their message of non-oppression.

"One way to do that is to use a student’s chosen name and their correct pronouns"

Who defines "correct"? If person A prefers one pronoun, but person B is speaking and prefers a different pronoun, why should Person A's choice dominate? Why shouldn't A have to accept B's choice?

You can avoid this debate by allowing people to speak how they want without an authority imposing its will and threat of punishment on people. There's a reason people rarely use "he" for females and "she" for males and it's not an institution telling them how to speak. People want to be understood.

The school could just suggest the practice instead of using imperatives like

"In the first weeks of classes, instead of calling roll, ask everyone to provide their name and pronouns"

Title	University of Tennessee tells staff and students to stop using 'he' and 'she' - and switch to 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead
Author	EvilPundit
Upvotes	82
Comments	56
Date	August 29, 2015 4:16 AM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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