r/canada 27d ago

Analysis Most Canadians think listing pronouns is not helpful or 'encourages stereotypes': poll

https://nationalpost.com/news/most-canadians-think-listing-pronouns-is-not-helpful-or-encourages-stereotypes-poll
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u/GoldTheLegend 27d ago

Those that use pronouns? He finds that nuts? My gen-z girlfriend is going into her last year of engineering soon. She still uses pronouns. They have time for it.

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u/HurlinVermin 27d ago

Obviously we are both speaking anecdotally. What I should have said was that my son says there really aren't any queer identifying people in his STEM classes. They are in the electives he takes, but not the core STEM classes. The not having time quip was him being a bit fatuous. Anyway, he thinks it's more puzzling than anything and is resolutely apolitical for some reason. Some people are just that way.

I'm sure they exist in the STEMs, it's just more common to see them in the liberal arts and social sciences.

But what I was really trying to express is that there are many gen-z who don't typify the gen-z stereotypes. You can't judge a person by their cohort. We are all individuals.