Preferred Pronoun indoctrination at work

I work for a large medical center in the Northeast where once a year we have to logon and complete various mandatory learning requirements. They cover anything from corporate compliance to a major terror event.

This year they included a learning on gender pronouns and how to interact with those who are transgender.

I watched the video and read the pdf's but felt a little compromised when I had to answer multiple choice questions asking me about Ze and Zir pronouns. The questions were framed in a way where I couldn't answer in the negative.

I didn't agree with the beliefs ideas being put forward but I answered the questions to pass the shirt quizzes.

For those asking what the heck are Ze and Zur pronouns.

One refers to a person with ze and hir or zir typically (a) when their gender is unknown, and one wishes to avoid assuming their gender, or (b) when they are neither male nor female in gender, making he and she (and also either/or terms like s/he or (s)he) inappropriate and potentially hurtful.

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Also there is Ze and Hir

“Ze and hir” is the most popular form of gender-free pronoun in the online genderqueer community, derived from the earlier “sie and hir,” which were considered too feminine/female-sounding since “sie” is German for “she” (among other things), and “hir” was a feminine pronoun in Middle English.

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I was left feeling a little compromised that I had to take these learnings and felt compelled to answer in the positive. I was never quite asked if Inagrred but the question were not opened ended and I had to answer a, b, c , d or all of the above.


I also noticed various behavioral health groups that are affiliated with the hospital have listed at the end of their email signature a blurb listing their personal pronouns. It smacked of virtue signaling and borderline infantile.

What say ye?

Michie said:

Brainwashing. We have been warned. Common sense is becoming extinct. Lord have mercy. I refuse to lose my individuality and individual thoughts and beliefs to be accepted and tow the line. Diversity? What a joke.

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I agree Michie. I had to take the learnings as part of my employment. I didn't feel that I was agreeing with the questions but I felt disappointed that I had to answer whether a definition was a, b or c.



Between this and some other personal frustrations I felt compelled to read psalm 16 and boy that was from the Lord.

1 Keep me safe,c my God,

for in you I take refuge.d

e

apart from you I have no good thing.”f

g who are in the land,h

“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

i will sufferj more and more.

I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods

or take up their namesk on my lips.

l and my cup;m

you make my lotn secure.

o have fallen for me in pleasant places;

surely I have a delightful inheritance.p

q

even at nightr my heart instructs me.

s I will not be shaken.t

u and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest secure,v

w

nor will you let your faithfulb onex see decay.y

z

you will fill me with joy in your presence,a

with eternal pleasuresb at your right hand.c

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Messerve said:

It moves ever closer to the outright marginalization of anyone who holds to Christian values. No longer is it just business owners, but soon everyday citizens are going to be in a place where they either have to give in to the insanity and compromise their beliefs or refuse to join in the insanity and suffer potentially damaging penalties as a result. How is it that the very people who have equality and respect for all peoples written into their Bible are the victims of "tolerance"?

I am an employee at a small family-owned Christian business and I sometimes wonder when it's our turn...

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I know what would have happened if I refused to take the learning. I would have been questioned in a tone implying that I was intolerant or mentally ill.

chevyontheriver said:

If you are already financially secure you might want to make an announcement at the next such meeting that you are quitting rather than to complement the emperor's new clothes. You might have some other people who will go out the door with you.

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Not financially secure and am at the age where I can't afford to be out of work.

We actually take the learnings online and have over 15,000 employees. I am sure many dislike the subtle bullying.

Michie said:

Did you see this @eastcoast_bsc?

Virginia high school teacher fired for refusing to use transgender student's new pronouns

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I am back. Yes I did read that story. 10 years ago he would have sued the pants off them, today I think the courts might side with the school. Scary times.

We now see how they can cow someone who fears for their job .