Signing off emails with "He/Him" and "She/Her"

bitofabind

I've seen this three times in the last two weeks. Two blokes and one woman signing off their emails this way:

Best regards,
Joe Bloggs
(He / Him)

For context, I work for a US tech startup and it's very progressive and LGBT / DEI friendly, which is lovely to see. But why someone would choose to go this far in gender identifying themselves sort of escapes me. Is it just an expression of solidarity with trans and non-binary folks or what?

Ubbquittious

bitofabind wrote: »

I've seen this three times in the last two weeks. Two blokes and one woman signing off their emails this way:

Best regards,
Joe Bloggs
(He / Him)

For context, I work for a US tech startup and it's very progressive and LGBT / DEI friendly, which is lovely to see. But why someone would choose to go this far in gender identifying themselves sort of escapes me. Is it just an expression of solidarity with trans and non-binary folks or what?

Only a passing fad. Most people are sick of thos nonsense already. In decades to come people will laugh about it.


Edit: What is DEI?

doublejobbing 2

Seems to be all the rage on Twitter with asocial failures at life.

Imagine your dad pointing out what gender he is :pac: Imagine the type of child such a man would raise.

JMNolan

I can't understand it. Fair enough if your pronouns differ than what a reasonable person would expect then sure, put it down. But if you are (for example) James "He-Man" Rockstone and your pronouns are what a reasonable person would expect then I think less of you if you put down your pronouns.

Wilhelm III

F*** / the f*** off.

doublejobbing 2

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

Seems to be all the rage on Twitter with asocial failures at life.

Imagine your dad pointing out what gender he is :pac: Imagine the type of child such a man would raise.

A case of arrested development with these individuals, juvenile grab at attention. Preening narcissists one and all.

Wilhelm III

When I see this, I just think 'right, there's somebody I should definitely never interact with', so in fairness - it's actually very, very helpful.

endacl

Just sign yours off ‘bingley/bongley’, and complain when they don’t address you as such.

antodeco

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Only a passing fad. Most people are sick of thos nonsense already. In decades to come people will laugh about it.


Edit: What is DEI?

Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Foweva Awone

Saw an argument recently on Facebook where someone was getting stick for starting off a post with "Theydies and Gentlethem"

I'm not gonna say I was offended by it (because I wasn't), but I'm not a Theydie, I'm a lady. If you're gonna do that, surely you should include both Theydies and Gentlethem AND Ladies and Gentlemen? Rather than excluding all of us that identify as our birth gender?

Thelonious Monk

I've only seen it on people's Twitter profiles, it's just one of those things best ignored imo,

Monk (they/them)

Ubbquittious

Im still waiting to see one that claims to be an 'it'

Harry Palmr

It's all over twitter. I was thinking of tweaking my profile adding I/Me but that would probably offend.

Womex

cian68

I'm sure you can all understand why a trans person would feel the need to do it. So I think cis people do it to make trans people feel more comfortable. Seems fairly harmless.

cian68

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

Imagine your dad pointing out what gender he is :pac: Imagine the type of child such a man would raise.

The child would probably just have a but of empathy. Not sure what the negative effects would be

cian68

cian68 wrote: »

Not sure what the negative effects would be

A weakling baying for constant approval from peers, massive inferiority complex and generally a pain in the hole to be around.

some random drunk

endacl wrote: »

Just sign yours off ‘bingley/bongley’, and complain when they don’t address you as such.

Bingley here has the right idea

castletownman

Nope, we can't just sign off emails with just our name any more, something that has been protocol for years, and for centuries when letters were our only means of communication.

Don't want to offend the perennially offended you see, especially during trans-mania.

God forbid me in assuming that Mary from the reception of the business I was contacting was a woman. I must be awful.

Aongus Von Bismarck

I don’t see what the issue is to be honest. If it makes the person feel better about themselves or as an act of solidarity with trans people then what’s the bother.

Sounds like yet another thing for the grumpy dimwitted bores of Boards.ie to be outraged about.

Chips Lovell

Deleted User wrote: »

A weakling baying for constant approval from peers, massive inferiority complex and generally a pain in the hole to be around.

Tzardine

I am working on a dissertation at the moment, and the latest referencing standard (APA 7th) says that you should not use he/she. You should use "they".

It does not read right to me at all. It does not work in the singular.

"John says that the sky is blue. They do not say that it is green"

biko

That's how you know the sender is a woke (eejit).

biko

Tzardine wrote: »

I am working on a dissertation at the moment, and the latest referencing standard (APA 7th) says that you should not use he/she. You should use "they".

It does not read right to me at all. It does not work in the singular.

"John says that the sky is blue. They do not say that it is green"

To mess with them, never use pronouns. Everything then become some weird third person skit.

"John says that the sky is blue. John do not say that it is green"
"John ate pasta. It was the best pasta John had had since John could remember."

grassylawn

Gina Carano, who is an actress in The Mandalorian, had out Beep/Bop/Boop beside her name on twitter but took it down after The Mandalorian explained what it was all about.

The idea is that it normalises stating your pronouns so it is no big deal when a trans person does it.

I don't care about people doing it. I'm sure there is the normal mix of good intentions and posturing. I wouldn't do it myself because I am highly reserved in anything online that has my name on it. And I don't care.

I thought the beep/bop/boop thing was funny and don't see why people got offended by it (I believe many were outraged.)

Northernlily

bitofabind wrote: »

I've seen this three times in the last two weeks. Two blokes and one woman signing off their emails this way:

Best regards,
Joe Bloggs
(He / Him)

For context, I work for a US tech startup and it's very progressive and LGBT / DEI friendly, which is lovely to see. But why someone would choose to go this far in gender identifying themselves sort of escapes me. Is it just an expression of solidarity with trans and non-binary folks or what?

If someone signed of an email to me like that I'd instantly lose some respect for them.

This stuff is pure woke nonsense.

Necro

Mod:

There is a thread on Gender Identity in Current Affairs and that's where this discussion should be directed.

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