Springfield College in MA Discourages Students From Using the Terms ‘Mother and Father’
“If you have this privilege, yet fail to respect someone else’s gender identity, it is disrespectful and hurtful.”
This is just more evidence that the academic left is trying to come between parents and their children.
Campus Reform reports:
Springfield College tells students to avoid using terms ‘mother’ and ‘father’
Springfield College in Massachusetts offers pronoun guidelines that discourage students from using the words “mother,” “father,” and other “gender specific” terms.
“Springfield College is committed to valuing and validating the gender identity and expression of members of the campus community,” its website states.
“One way that Springfield College seeks to create gender-inclusive academic, living, and work environments is by encouraging all members of the campus community to indicate the pronouns they use for themselves, if desired, in classes, residence halls, workplaces, and other settings, and by encouraging members of the campus community to respect these pronouns,” it continues.
The “gendered” nouns to avoid include: “mother/father,” “sister/brother,” “mankind,” “man-made,” “boyfriend/girlfriend,” “husband/wife,” “son/daughter,” “freshman,” and “congressman.”
As such, Springfield instead encourages the corresponding “gender-inclusive” nouns: “parent,” “sibling,” “people/human beings/humanity,” “machine-made/synthetic/artificial,” “partner,” “spouse/significant other,” “child/kid,” “first-year student,” and “legislator/congressional representative.”
The college affirms that, “It is a privilege to not have to worry about which pronoun someone is going to use for you based on how they perceive your gender. If you have this privilege, yet fail to respect someone else’s gender identity, it is disrespectful and hurtful.”
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(Hopefully) yet another private college to close down.
How do you control a society? You restrict the language, the very words that people use to communicate and exchange ideas. You cannot object to anything if you don’t have the words to express your objections.
Make no mistake about what is happening here. They are seeing how far they can go.
“The college affirms that, “It is a privilege to not have to worry about which pronoun someone is going to use for you based on how they perceive your gender.”
I retired from the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. The pronouns most often used to describe me when I wasn’t around were “a$$401e” and “son of a [female dog]”.
if you spend your time worrying about what pronouns people use for you, you need to figure out this whole “living life” thing, because you’re doing it wrong
Deer Collitch: It’s also a privilege to tell people what words they have to use instead of some other words. And it’s one you ain’t got.
Dear Collitch:
Go (intercourse) yourself.
-s- Students taking real majors.
Today they wd have to call you child of a non-binary canine.
The obvious response is “I’m going to continue using ‘gendered pronouns’ like mother/father, sister/brother, mankind, freshman, etc., to refer to my mother and father, my sister and brother, mankind, and my congressman (or congresswoman as appropriate.)” If you don’t like it, it’s your problem, so go ahead and wet your diaper, crawl into your safe space and cry yourself to sleep, but leave me alone and don’t try to make it my problem.