Let’s say there’s someone I want to call Mr/Ms/Mrs [Name], but I don’t know their gender, is there a title I can use that doesn’t assume their gender?
Dear reader
Is there a title (Mr/Ms/Mrs) that is gender neutral?
Submitted 1 year ago by BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 1 year ago
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Squanch
Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wouldn’t their name be a clue as to their gender though?
AmidFuror@kbin.social 1 year ago
I know a heterosexual Chinese couple who had the same family and given names even before they were married. They met because they kept getting each other's mail.
dandroid@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s actually really cute.
I know a family where a pair of brothers are married to a pair of sisters, and they all four had the same last name before marriage.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Not really. There’s plenty of gender-neutral names, some you wouldn’t expect. The names Ashley, Chris, Harper, Morgan, and Stacey are all gender-ambiguous^Showing my white American background with this list^. Plus, people can have genders that don’t match their name.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’d like you to meet my Cousin Terry
pamymaf@kbin.run 1 year ago
@Jackthelad What if their name is Sky/Skylar/Skyler or something similar?
NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
There are tons of titles that do not make reference to gender.
Doctor , The Right Reverend , The Reverend , The guru swami I am all right Jack bugger the rest of you thanks gee , The honorable , The Right honorable , Your Grace , Your Honor , Your Holiness , Your majesty , Their Infernal Majesty supreme overseer of the pit of wailing souls and lost left thongs…
CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Captain
Chocrates@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Zer and friends is one option. I don’t like the sound of it and nobody knows what it is so I don’t use it, even though I would prefer to not toml have to give a fuck about anyone’s gender other than respecting them.
elscallr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Your Imperial Majesty [name]”
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 1 year ago
“Hey you!”
WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Comrade would be cool but unfortunately the term has been associated with Authoritarianism.
Maybe we should start using that term more for non-authoritarian Socialist movements too to erase those negative connotations with those past Authoritarian regimes.
Rediphile@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I prefer reappropriation of the terms personally.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Whom maybe?
pamymaf@kbin.run 1 year ago
@BackOnMyBS Mix (Mx.) is the most common. I personally prefer Misser (Msr.), but that's even rarer. Informally I just tell people to call me comrade or friend.
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 1 year ago
I like misser! It reminds me of Messer, and that feels quaint!
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 year ago
this works, thank you!