Has the world gone mad?

I had an email and the woman had put she/ her after here name . So when I replied I put WOMAN after my name when she replied to the email she just put her name . I think she got the point .

I really don't care if they call me a he, she or them as long as they take care of my their/them/its ailments. - exactly. I simply do not need to know this entirely irrelevant piece of information about the writer.

I am absolutely happy for people to live the life they want to as long as they do so without harming others, but on a professional communication the writer's gender preferences are totally irrelevant to the matter in hand and have no place on these letters.

It might as well say: John Smith, likes jazz - it is nothing to do with the professional approach.

My DGC knows that their preferences are their own and they never get on a bandwagon forcing these into people's faces. They just quietly get on with their life. They have my support to be themself.

I'm afraid it is people like your beloved family member, who have led to employees being asked to publically declare their preferred pronouns.

Perhaps "John" is on a genderfluid journey other people find confusing because he still has prominent breasts or is visibly pregnant.

*butchery OF the English language (Oh my ! It's contagious)

Well you certainly got that off your chest, Luckygirl. I have seen the he/him/his on the signature lines of medical communication for years now and I understand it to be a signal that the workplace is respectful to hims that prefer to be called she or shes that want to be hes. In my thoughts, it's a butchery to the English language because I cant imagine trying to read literature with this 21st century grammer but my thoughts are quiet since I am elderly and I will watch with amusement what the next generation decides. I really dont care if they call me a he she or them as long as they take care of my there/them/its ailments.