Phl 209 Case Study

Decent Essays
Marsida Barjamaj
Prof: L, Niizawa
PHL 209
Should Salem State University institute a policy to allow students to report their preferred pronouns for school registration, if they wish, including the options of he, she, they, xie or ze?
I was looking at Google to find some more information about the non-binary gender or about the student who preferred to choose their preferred pronounces and be called by them and guess what? I didn’t get to much information and now I am more confused than before. I had never heard about that gender and I will say that this gender doesn’t exist, but now is totally different. Also I saw many harmful stereotypes about this “new” gender, many ideas that oppose each other in it. We are more and more affected by revolution.

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