A Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) style guide from the University of Guelph says that “they/them” pronouns should be used when referring to animals because animals reportedly don’t have a gender.
“Animals have sex, not gender,” reads the style guide. “Use the pronouns they/them/their to refer to an animal.”
It adds that “he/him” or “she/her” pronouns are however appropriate for animals “if used in a quote, if used in the kind of story where it seems appropriate to humanize the animal, or where the sex is known: The queen bee left her hive. The stag charged at his rival.”
Guelph’s woke SOGI style guide, which states that people should “aim to use inclusive language,” also touches on neopronouns and gender-neutral terms.
My Golden Retriever was a guy but we cut off his balls. He pees like a girl. What in the world is it now?
A Liberal…
If used in the kind of story where it seems appropriate to humanize the animal?
Humanize the animals. Good point if I offend someone because I use the wrong pronouns,
‘Say you reminded me of a beaver and he reminded me of a skunk.’
I know a lot of beavers that reminded me of a skunk.
The issue with Guelph is that is a top vet school. Forming the DVMs of the Brave New World!
Dog they after noun.
Life Follows Art dept.
Dog Day Afternoon – I’m Not a Homosexual (1975) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SR4O2gcXYA
Seriously??? This is university level stuff???????
Is biology taught there?
As mentioned above – it’s the top Vet school in Ontario
That is why I asked the question.
UFN – utter f***ing nonsense.
Again a demonstration that one can be well educated and become stupid
“Animals have sex, not gender,” reads the style guide. “Use the pronouns they/them/their to refer to an animal.”
People usually refer to their pets as he/she, but other animals are referred to as “it”, because we don’t know/don’t care what sex they are. English has been like this for at least my lifetime, and it works perfectly well.
“English has been like this for at least my lifetime, and it works perfectly well.”
It’s been like this at least since Early Modern English or about 500 years.
Exactly. We don’t know/care their sex because we intend to eat them. I don’t know/care the sex or gender of the broccoli on my plate either.
RNrn
“‘Animals have sex, not gender,’ reads the style guide.”
Putting aside the sheer absurdity of even presuming to impose “gender” on schnauzers and tabbies, that one line reveals what an ideological scam this is by its own admission of the realities of biology.
And I don’t think the person who wrote it even realizes it.
My nephew attends Guelph. I shudder to think that his fees, for which he worked hard, contribute in any way to this insanity.
Hey, I attended Guelph and I take the view that if the university has the finances to employ some fool to come up with nonsense like this, it clearly does not require any alumnus donations from me.
I’m OK with this. If they have gendered pronouns I might not be permitted to eat them. So I’m fine with them all being “its”.
RNrn