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Post by Seaboots on Nov 8, 2021 21:39:45 GMT 1
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Post by woolybanana on Nov 8, 2021 21:42:08 GMT 1
Is ‘it’ an option?
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Post by Seaboots on Nov 8, 2021 21:54:14 GMT 1
I think any word is an option because any gender , even one used by only one person is an option.
(as I understand it)
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Post by houpla on Nov 8, 2021 22:47:56 GMT 1
What on earth is wrong with a badge showing their first name?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2021 22:54:16 GMT 1
What on earth is wrong with a badge showing their first name? "Derek", for example, might give the game away.
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Post by woolybanana on Nov 8, 2021 23:15:28 GMT 1
But how can this work when folk can change their orientation on a daily basis; will they be given a variety of badges so they can decide on a daily basis what they are? Or even be able to change at lunchtimes? Much more sensible to use numbers instead of names, though perhaps some might be dropped such as 69 as it might be suggestive!
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Post by ibis on Nov 8, 2021 23:32:29 GMT 1
But how can this work when folk can change their orientation on a daily basis; will they be given a variety of badges so they can decide on a daily basis what they are? Or even be able to change at lunchtimes? Much more sensible to use numbers instead of names, though perhaps some might be dropped such as 69 as it might be suggestive! I know of a few million people who were given numbers.. I do not think that is a viable option..
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Post by houpla on Nov 9, 2021 7:00:39 GMT 1
What on earth is wrong with a badge showing their first name? "Derek", for example, might give the game away. But why should it matter and why do the customers need to know someone's gender orientation anyway? It's pandering to pure exhibitionism and fostering narcissistic paranoia. The more I see of the way things are going the happier I am to be living in the sticks in France, where things are pretty clear-cut and uncomplicated. Perhaps because a high proportion of the population are working with nature? It's hard enough coping with the vagaries of the weather, pests and diseases, without worrying whether one's prize bull would rather be known as 'Daisy'
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Post by Seaboots on Nov 9, 2021 7:30:28 GMT 1
"Derek", for example, might give the game away. But why should it matter and why do the customers need to know someone's gender orientation anyway? It's pandering to pure exhibitionism and fostering narcissistic paranoia. The more I see of the way things are going the happier I am to be living in the sticks in France, where things are pretty clear-cut and uncomplicated. Perhaps because a high proportion of the population are working with nature? It's hard enough coping with the vagaries of the weather, pests and diseases, without worrying whether one's prize bull would rather be known as 'Daisy' But maybe a Daisy is non-binary ?
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Post by houpla on Nov 9, 2021 8:37:03 GMT 1
Sorry..couldn't resist Do you really believe that animals agonise over their identities? Only humans appear to feel the need. I do appreciate that there have always been those who didn't conform to the stereotypes, but they didn't choose to be so militant and public about it. Until some publicity-seeking head-cases in the USA decide that they've got nothing better to do than whip up a media storm, which then inevitably infects the UK. The legal suppression of homosexuality ended in 1967. The UK introduced positive transgender legislation in 2004. Undoubtedly good things, but why the need to proclaim one's orientation to the whole world? Is the world interested?
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Post by Nifty on Nov 9, 2021 8:53:54 GMT 1
<button disabled="" class="c-attachment-insert--linked o-btn--sm">Attachment Deleted</button> Sorry..couldn't resist Do you really believe that animals agonise over their identities? Only humans appear to feel the need. I do appreciate that there have always been those who didn't conform to the stereotypes, but they didn't choose to be so militant and public about it. Until some publicity-seeking head-cases in the USA decide that they've got nothing better to do than whip up a media storm, which then inevitably infects the UK. The legal suppression of homosexuality ended in 1967. The UK introduced positive transgender legislation in 2004. Undoubtedly good things, but why the need to proclaim one's orientation to the whole world? Is the world interested? What about dolphins? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacean_intelligence#Brain_size
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Post by Seaboots on Nov 9, 2021 9:36:57 GMT 1
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Post by Aardvark on Nov 9, 2021 10:53:20 GMT 1
More and more these days I feel happy to be at the tail end of my lifespan. The (western) world has gone completely mad. When I was young I only had to remember one thing. Just respect your fellow humans regardless of their colour, religion, or politics. Their sexual orientation was none of my business. Now there are so many labels and choices out there and we are all expected to recognise them. Its like some retail sales promotion these days.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2021 12:31:22 GMT 1
1011% of the LGBQT population are non-binary while 89% are binary. Or is it the other way around? 1 in 10 of you will get that. The other half will struggle.
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Post by FFS on Nov 9, 2021 12:43:34 GMT 1
The pronoun idea is pretty pointless, as it is how the person is referred to by someone else when talking about that person. Far more useful, IF organisations such as Tesco and M&S feel the need to do something, is to have the badges showing HLGBTQ+ and the person concerned can circle the relevant symbol.
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