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All-Women’s College Offers Students 10 Pronoun Options, With Option to Never Be Called A Pronoun
National Review ^ | 09/20/2015 | Katherine Timpf

Posted on 09/20/2015 6:14:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Scripps College, a private all-women’s college in Southern California, is giving students ten pronoun options to choose from in their student portal accounts — including “hu, hum, hus, himself,” “Just My Name Please,” and “None”

It’s not clear what the hell students who choose “None” are supposed to be called, especially since “Name Only” is another option. Are they (oops! I said “they!”) asking to not be spoken to at all? Because that sounds like a microaggression.

The other eight options are “E/Ey, Em, Eir/Eirs, Eirself/Emse,” “Per, Per, Per/Pers, Perself,” “Zi, Hir/Hirs Hirself,” “Ze, Zir, Zir/Zirs, Zirself,” “They, Them, Their/Theirs, Themse” (used as a singular pronoun) and — yes — the archaic “He, Him, His, Himself” or “Her, She, Hers, Herself.”

This list of pronouns, as well as a pronunciation guide for those insensitive bigots who don’t already know them by heart, was provided to the College Fix.

The students’ selections are given to professors. It’s not clear what kind of hell a professor might have to endure for accidentally using the wrong one — but it could be serious, especially considering that at least one student considers the options to be necessary protection from “institutionalized violence.” Yes — “violence”:

“One’s gender identity should not be something that causes them anxiety in their everyday lives,” junior Rachel Neuberg told The Student Life, the official college newspaper for the affiliated Claremont and Pomona Colleges.

“I hope that Scripps will continue to create a safe and comfortable place for its students, and that other colleges will take note so we can all work together to stop institutionalized violence,” she continued.

There is, however, an obvious problem with this system: What about the gender-fluid students who may change genders and pronouns throughout the year, or even perhaps throughout the day? I can’t imagine how traumatic (dangerous?) being pressured to choose just one might be.

— Katherine Timpf is a reporter for National Review.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: college; lgbt; pronouns
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To: Zeppo
“One’s gender identity should not be something that causes them anxiety in their everyday lives,

Do you need any more proof that people like this have way too much free time?

61 posted on 09/20/2015 10:08:01 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Lorianne

They are the busy-bodies of SJW that C.S. Lewis recognized.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”


62 posted on 09/20/2015 10:18:51 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: SeekAndFind

Let us get rid of all pronouns. Reminds me of School House Rock Pronoun song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZFca8AkT0 “Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla”


63 posted on 09/20/2015 11:05:32 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan

how very xenophobic. What about other languages?!

Also are teachers THAT INCOMPETENT that proper language (English skills) are beyond their ability?


64 posted on 09/20/2015 11:08:40 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: SeekAndFind

so we can all work together to stop institutionalized violence,

so its VIOLENCE to refer to anotHER.. as either he or she???

this is truly truly SAD stuff!


65 posted on 09/20/2015 11:13:34 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is flousie a pronoun?


66 posted on 09/20/2015 11:13:42 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: SeekAndFind

An all-Womyn’s College. Holy she-it.


67 posted on 09/20/2015 11:14:05 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

ie we could isolate them from the rest of society....they’d simply cease to exist in short order...


68 posted on 09/20/2015 11:14:29 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: windsorknot
I suggest the new standard for salutations should be 1X and DoubleX

That way the feminazis can keep the male chromosome out of the equation while pretending DoubleX is twice as good as 1X. Addressing individuals on a chromosomal level means those who want to pretend they are the opposite gender than nature intended are shit out of luck.

Sincerely
DoubleX PTBOR

69 posted on 09/20/2015 11:21:25 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Great suggestion. I feel like I’m living on Planet X.


70 posted on 09/20/2015 11:24:44 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah-and that ‘female’ radical is sooooooo female looking !!!! It would be offensive to a Muslim!!

Just the thought of them telling the Chinese to change it brings a laugh!!!


71 posted on 09/20/2015 11:24:48 AM PDT by Exit148 ((Loose Change Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: SeekAndFind
...we can all work together to stop institutionalized violence....

What a sheltered life I have had. 61 years old and no one has warned me about the violence caused by pronouns?

Scripps must be overpopulated with man hating dykes. These people are morons. The sad thing is they think they are the enlightened ones.

72 posted on 09/20/2015 11:30:17 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: GreenHornet
How about “Babe”, “Honey”, or “Sweet Thing?”

I was thinking more along the lines of "bimbo", "beetch", "whats-her-face", "dudette", "skank" or "skeezy ho".

73 posted on 09/20/2015 11:35:18 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll go with sticks and stones.


74 posted on 09/20/2015 11:36:52 AM PDT by windsorknot
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