(she/her)

[question everything]

Twice in the past few weeks I received emails, responding to me with pre-printed signature that includes the above description by the name of the writer.

In one case the writer has an unusual name so it would be impossible to guess the gender. And it is important if I reply to address the person as Mr. or Ms.

New to me. And interesting.

[spooky3]

1. Before I retired, faculty began doing this routinely. It helped

With the large number of international students (they may have trouble ascertaining gender from your name and vice versa). And it showed support for LBGTQ+ students.

[Voltaire2]

2. It's become common but now there is push back

from the fascists.

[question everything]

3. Push back? To what?

[Voltaire2]

5. They are outraged by 'pronouns'.

I assumed everyone was aware of rightwing propaganda campaigns.

[qwlauren35]

4. The old way

I always added Ms. and I encountered professionals from Asia who added Ms. or Mr.

she/her is a new thing, and given that Mr./Ms. worked just fine 10 years ago, I see it entirely as an LGBTQ thing.

I saw a video the other day in which a woman went on a rant and said that if she saw "She/Her" on a resume, she would immediately assume "liberal" and "very liberal" and "vocal liberal" and "will go to HR if offended" and with all of that baggage, the person may not get hired. Now, that person may not have wanted to work in a "non-woke" environment anyway, so it may be just as well, but I work very hard to make sure that my politics, my gender, my race are moved out of the way by my intelligence and competence. I work with "non-woke" people. All the time. I am definitely not going to wave a red flag of wokeness when I am trying to get a job done.