More on Compelled Pronouns

 Many law firms, businesses, and universities ask (or even require) persons under their authority to share their pronouns. What is this all about?

Here is how a partner at one Big Law firm explained its pronoun policy:

 “I know a lot of people don’t necessarily understand why this is important, or think that because they don’t ‘need’ to provide their pronouns they shouldn’t bother adding the pronouns themselves. However, it can be incredibly isolating being the ‘only’ person who...wants to self-identify pronouns, so there is power and support in having others do it…with you. It’s such a small and easy thing that we can all do to be more inclusive and welcoming, and it can make a huge impact on people feeling marginalized or unseen.”

 

 Is this a “Small Thing?” Or authoritarian control ("power") over a contested narrative?

Quick quiz: 

--How many genders are there? Two? Ten? More than fifty?

--Is gender fixed at birth? Or is it a matter of personal choice or identity?

--Can men become pregnant and give birth?

--Be careful how you answer this, because you could get in a lot of trouble at work.

--Should universities and employers require everyone to adopt the politically-correct narrative?

--What about the self-worth of persons who believe that God created us male or female, and that the science of biology confirms that gender is fixed at birth? Should they be compelled to speak with a forked tongue and to deny what they believe to be true?

Sometimes by being "nice" we give away one side of the search for important truths.

What would Justice Jackson say about compelled pronouns?