Summary
Marcy Rheintgen, a 20-year-old transgender college student, was arrested at the Florida State Capitol after intentionally entering a women’s restroom in protest of the state’s transgender bathroom law.
Civil rights lawyers say it is the first known arrest under such laws in any U.S. state.
Rheintgen faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge and could face up to 60 days in jail.
Florida is one of only two states to criminalize such acts.
The article uses she/her pronouns, which seems a reasonable choice. Any particular reason you’ve gone with they/them?
They is gender neutral I thought and completely valid when talking about a third person regardless of their gender.
My understanding, and I’m by no means an expert, is that they/them would be used for an unknown gender, or for someone that has chosen those as their preferred pronouns. But in this case, the article and discussion is about a woman, so I think she/her would be the preferred choice.
Using they when you aren’t specifying is fine and any indication otherwise is just virtue signaling. If someone used they despite knowing I use he/him because they don’t know me well, regardless of whether or not it’s stated, it’s not an insult.
You aren’t much more virtuous for using someone’s preferred gender just as you shouldn’t be demonized for not knowing someone doesn’t use “traditional” gender ideology.
Absolutely, and I think jumping on people for making honest mistakes doesn’t help anyone, as with most things it’s the intention that’s key. In this particular case though, I don’t think there was too much ambiguity, and she/her seems to me like the safer bet.
Weird to assume she is unemployable too, tbh.
Sorry, have two in laws living with me who have been applying for jobs for 14 months without success. If they can’t get jobs here in boston, i’m guessing florida is even worse.
Has nothing to do with her in particular, just the state of how fucked this nation is. Just like what I said originally.
Seeing that entry level jobs want 5 years of experience (not hyperbole for my industry), nobody is employable.
This.
That anecdote has been around for a long time. But they all hired somebody. Probably somebody without 5 years exp.
Usually a friend or relative of some higher up.
i think they meant she was just another interchangeable employee “like the rest of us” rather than that she’s particularly unemployable for whatever reason
That’s also weird, though. “Like the rest of us” means nothing, plenty are employable, a vast majority are actually.
So, to assume they “probably went from unemployable” to winning the job lottery with a nonprofit is certainly a take.
I think (though i’m not certain) it was hyperbole. Emphasizing that the median resume would look unemployable to, like, a high paying consulting firm, like the sort that does work in DC.
I understand what you’re saying and I’m not certain either.
But, given that the context is a response to concern, it makes it sound like they’re suggesting that she’s gunning for the outcome. Like “don’t worry about them they’re all setup now.” A nobody who is now a champion of liberalism.
It just reads weird. Maybe they are just an ernest doomer who believes nobody is employable, but also thinks that everything will work out here. Stranger things have happened. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sorry, have two in laws living with me who have been applying for jobs for 14 months without success. If they can’t get jobs here in boston, i’m guessing florida is even worse.
Has nothing to do with her in particular, just the state of how fucked this nation is. Just like what I said originally.
Some people are gender abolitionists and prefer they/them for anyone who doesn’t specifically preclude they/them.
I dunno, still seems like misgendering someone, just with a different reason for doing so.
well yes, gender abolitionists misgender 99% of the population intentionally. That is the philosophy behind gender abolitionism. You can’t break an omelette without eating eggs or something idk.