CA: ‘Woman’ and ‘female’ are ‘not necessarily linked’
Being a woman is apparently not the same as being female, according to a new “Gender Pronoun Education/Awareness Initiative” introduced by the University of California System.
Pronouns are a major focus because UCOP doesn’t want any colleague to feel “uncomfortable and unwelcome” due to someone using an “incorrect pronoun” to describe them.
UCOP staff should realize that referring to a person as “he” or “she” based on the person’s “outward appearance” means they are making assumptions about gender, the first article says....