In honour of Pride Month, my sister just told me a great story about pronouns that I have to share. 🧵
My sister works with a woman (we’ll call her Jane). Jane is a manager and has a woman on her team (we’ll call her Susan).
My sister works with a woman (we’ll call her Jane). Jane is a manager and has a woman on her team (we’ll call her Susan).
Susan lives and works in a small rural town. If there was a progressive centre of the universe, this town is the furthest thing from it.
One day, Jane is visiting Susan’s office and Susan brings up a mutual colleague of theirs. She’s talking as though she’s learned the CIA’s deepest, darkest secrets and says “I figured something out about Debbie. She’s a LESBIAN.”
Jane: Umm…okay. What makes you think she-
Susan: I figured it out. She put it in her email!
Jane: She…wait…what? She put that she’s a lesbian in her email? What do you mean?
Susan: I figured it out. She put it in her email!
Jane: She…wait…what? She put that she’s a lesbian in her email? What do you mean?
Susan [points to her screen]: It’s right here! She put “she/hers”. That means that she’s a “she” and she’s into “hers”.
At this point, Jane is using every ounce of willpower she has to not burst out laughing, and decides she’s going to use this as a teachable moment.
At this point, Jane is using every ounce of willpower she has to not burst out laughing, and decides she’s going to use this as a teachable moment.
She spends the next few minutes explaining to Susan about pronouns and why people put them in their email signatures. Susan seems a little puzzled but seems to be getting it.
Susan: I’m going to add my pronouns to my email!
Jane: Oh, that’s so great.
Susan: I’m going to put “she/him”, so that people know that I’m a she and that I’m married.
Jane: Oh, that’s so great.
Susan: I’m going to put “she/him”, so that people know that I’m a she and that I’m married.
You win some, you lose some, but at least she tried.
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