A new policy at the school addresses the past failings of people at the school to use the correct words. This reads like parody.The College Fix reports:
University of Minnesota threatens faculty for ‘repeated misuse of pronouns’ in new policyGender pronouns have flummoxed the University of Minnesota for more than a year.A draft policy released in summer 2018 stated that “university members and units are expected to use the names, gender identities and pronouns specified to them by university members, except as legally required.” The Star Tribune said failure to comply could get a person punished, “up to firing or expulsion.”Sanctions were removed from the proposal early this year, following massive negative feedback, and faculty approved the relaxed language.The taxpayer-funded university is now on the cusp of approving the “Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Names and Pronouns” policy, and the language is … the same.More worrisome for those who care about academic freedom and the First Amendment, the FAQ document for the policy makes clear that sanctions are on the table for conscientious objectors to the new regime.Comments are due Monday if you want to have your say:
University members and units are expected to use the names, gender identities, and pronouns specified to them by other University members, except as legally required. University members and units are also expected to use other gendered personal references, if any, that are consistent with the gender identities and pronouns specified by University members.
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