Unfortunately, most forms lack this option. Being able to pick "Dr" instead of choosing between Mr/Ms/Miss/Mrs is a very good reason to get a PhD though. 😁
Rechtschreibrat: Genderzeichen kein Kernbestand der Orthografie
Genderstern und Unterstrich sind auch künftig keine regulären Sprachzeichen im Deutschen. Der Rechtschreibrat schlägt aber eine Ergänzung des amtlichen Regelwerks im Abschnitt Sonderzeichen vor, in dem auch die Probleme benannt werden.
Children born with #intersex traits are often subjected to harmful normalizing surgery. At the root of the problem are false beliefs about sex and gender binaries. The gender #nonbinary category is essential to addressing the epistemic injustice of routine gender normalizing surgeries.
Ziemińska R. The epistemic injustice expressed in “normalizing” surgery on children with intersex traits. Diametros. 2020;17(66):52–65. https://doi.org/10.33392/diam.1478
This is getting out of control. People should be able to express views even if I don't agree with them. Will they stop showing IT Crowd and Father Ted too?
No #woman reading this post (and perhaps only some men) will be surprised that in work on #gender in the #workplace, McKinsey found that women 'are twice as likely to be interrupted & hear comments on their emotional state' which also leads to 'a third of women who don’t speak up to share an opinion [doing so] because they don’t want to appear disagreeable'!
Anyone who thinks the work of #feminism is largely done, is (sadly) fooling themselves!
I have lived my entire life — and I'm now in my 70s — hearing Republicans claim that MEN ARE IN CRISIS! BOYS ARE IN CRISIS!
This is a recurring panic, a tool repeatedly employed by the political-religious right to instill fear. The fear that those employing this tool want to instill is fear of necessary social changes to give rights to previously marginalized groups — people of color, women, LGBTQ people.
Thoughts on watching the Duggars exposé series "Shiny Happy People":
Why there's David Zaslav, now in the news as an éminence grise behind Chris Licht at CNN, as CNN tries rebranding itself as the alternative FOX. There's David Zaslav, in the thick of things as the Duggars vault to fame on the Discovery network, of which he's CEO.
What's that about, the Zaslav link to both of these stories?
Thought I remember having at 2am: wouldn’t it be nice if there were terms for the non-masculine genders that didn’t take their identity from the masculine ones? HEr. sHE. feMALE. woMAN. tHEy. tHEm. Can’t we have some independence, please?#pronouns#gender#genderidentity
Had a very interesting penny-drop moment the other morning regarding gender and identity. Reminded me strongly of the exact moment c.2017 when I suddenly realised 'fuck, I'm not broken, I'm asexual.'
I have never been able to refer to myself as a 'man' without cringing internally. I identify as masculine, and present as such too, but on no level do I feel like 'man' describes me. This is not new, I've only just noticed it.
Some wonderful friends were right there with me and suggested that they'd noticed as much, just from knowing me, and that perhaps I should try out investigating some sort of GNC label.
I... I like this.
Discovering asexuality (specifically Aegosexuality) freed me from self-imposed expectation. Perhaps this will do the same with gender as the former did for sexuality and attraction.
Rechtschreibrat zum Gendern: Auf der Suche nach den richtigen Worten
Alle Menschen sollen mit geschlechtergerechter Sprache angesprochen werden. Darin sind sich die Mitglieder des Rats für deutsche Rechtschreibung einig. Eine Empfehlung für Doppelpunkt und Sternchen geben sie dennoch nicht. Von Matthias Reiche.
People need to realise you can't change a trans person's gender identity. No matter how much society, parents or family try to force it. No matter how much trans people damage their own mental health by trying to erase their own gender identity, it's impossible. Do you think trans people don't try to change it themselves? We learn, eventually, the hard way, it isn't possible.
Hello everyone, it's #Newstodon Friday! We have a new story for you:
Although hormone therapy has helped menstruators regulate their periods and avoid pregnancies when used as intended, women in India have been coerced to take these pills to "purify" themselves to attend religious functions.
Which flavor of #neurodivergent is inability to feel belonging to any group? I think, I finally got why I don’t get that #gender thing. Basically, a gender is just another cohort, with some assumed properties. A group one feels belonging to. And I have never felt as a part of any group. I never fit in. Each cohort is supposed to have certain properties, and I just never have all. I just feel like impostor in any, including any gender/sexuality groups, including #agender#queer#nd#AuDHD
"Gender is one of the oldest and most established systems for controlling people. And if you think the youth fucking with it is annoying that's probably because it's messing with a power structure that benefits you"