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University of Tennessee tells staff and students to stop using 'he' and 'she'
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 70186612:MV8yOTQxMzEwXzUxOTU1NTkwX0Q4MEYwN0M2] [quote:Lilac.Nights:MV8yOTQxMzEwXzUxOTU0OTk4XzY3NzIxMUY1] This political correctness has gone too far... "i hope ze know what xe are doing?" [/quote] I just...a lot of times I hope I've got a wild fever and all of this is one huge delusion. I'll be fine tomorrow! I think about anybody that's ready to leave this university and has the balls to say "Do you realize how fucking stupid this is?" I mean really wipe the floor with how stupid it is. We live in a world where those people doing that will be labeled the bad guy or gal for speaking up. [/quote]
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The University of Tennessee has told its staff and students to stop calling each other 'he', 'she', 'him' and 'her' - and to start referring to one another with terms like 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead.
The Knoxville branch of the public university sent a memo round to its members filled with unusual new parts of speech to avoid referring to anybody's gender.
According to a gay rights official at the university, the new language regime will make the university 'welcoming and inclusive' and stop people feeling 'marginalized
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