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BROADENING OUR PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING US BETTER PEOPLE – FROM COLLEGE FIX:   The University of Bristol in the U.K. is offering guidance to its staff on “using pronouns at work,” which includes not only the usual “he/him,” “she/her” and “they/them,” but so-called “neopronouns” as well.  According to The Telegraph, neopronouns are defined as “third-person pronouns that are not officially recognised in the language they are used in.” Like “Ze/Zir/Zirs,” for example.  They also include “emojiself pronouns,” icons which “represent gender in written and spoken conversation.”  Then there are pronouns for what are known as “xenic” individuals, those whose gender “does not fit within ‘the Western human binary of gender alignments.'”  One of these is called “catgender,” where a person strongly identifies with cats “or other felines” or “may experience delusions relating to being a cat.”  I'm so glad I understand.  Now I can interact with the lady next door who answers every question with "meow."  I will show respect.  Cats make good neighbors.

February 15, 2022