UT Students Asked To Use Ze Gender Neutral Personal Pronouns

ValuJet

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University of Tennessee students have been asked to use gender-neutral pronouns such as "ze."

Multiple media outlets report that the University of Tennessee Office for Diversity and Inclusion is asking students and faculty to use the pronouns in order to create a more inclusive campus.

The University of Tennessee's Pride Center Director, Donna Braquet, wrote on the university's website Wednesday that she is requesting that teachers ask each student to provide the name and pronoun he or she — or ze — wishes to be referred by. She says it relieves a burden for people expressing different genders or identities.


No more "he" or "she." Football games on campus will be fun.

"Ze shanked the field goal. Volunteers lose again." :)

And how are zese folks going to take this?

 

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You know, you'd think I'd learn - every time I think 'surely people can't get more stupid', they do. The capacity humans posses to come up with stupid stuff is truly astonishing.
 

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The University of Tennessee's Pride Center Director, Donna Braquet, wrote on the university's website Wednesday that she is requesting that teachers ask each student to provide the name and pronoun he or she — or ze — wishes to be referred by. She says it relieves a burden for people expressing different genders or identities.
We sure do have a lot of people in this country who are employed at thinking up nonsense. Think of how much better off this country would be if people were force to be productive in order to earn a paycheck.
 

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Oh great, now they're going to have to learn the proper declension of this new pronoun.
After all, what do we call the ball belonging to ze? Ze's ball? Zis ball? Zer ball? Or maybe Ze doesn't have any balls, but we are not supposed to judge.
 

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Oh great, now they're going to have to learn the proper declension of this new pronoun.
After all, what do we call the ball belonging to ze? Ze's ball? Zis ball? Zer ball? Or maybe Ze doesn't have any balls, but we are not supposed to judge.
If he does he should consider getting rid of them!
 

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http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Tennessee-students-asked-to-use-gender-neutral-6471356.php

University of Tennessee students have been asked to use gender-neutral pronouns such as "ze."

Multiple media outlets report that the University of Tennessee Office for Diversity and Inclusion is asking students and faculty to use the pronouns in order to create a more inclusive campus.

The University of Tennessee's Pride Center Director, Donna Braquet, wrote on the university's website Wednesday that she is requesting that teachers ask each student to provide the name and pronoun he or she — or ze — wishes to be referred by. She says it relieves a burden for people expressing different genders or identities.


No more "he" or "she." Football games on campus will be fun.

"Ze shanked the field goal. Volunteers lose again." :)

And how are zese folks going to take this?

I think zey are already on board with gender neutrality.


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stlimprov

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Nobody said that everyone should be called a single pronoun. "Ze" is offered as an alternative for those who do not identify with "he" or "she". This request is a fairly standard "preferred naming" policy.

When you have friends with a child who doesn't identify with a binary gender structure, and you look at the statistics and risks for those individuals, it gets a whole lot less funny. From that context and perspective, using a different pronoun is not really a hardship for me.
 

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