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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
Yeah, it really isn't political, it's more people of a certain age. When we toured 8 colleges last year, every single student who introduced themselves gave their pronouns, and typically, 30-ish and under business people are more likely than not to put it in social accounts or email signatures, etc.
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In business, it's used a lot more because there is no face-to-face or even phone contact with people these days. Especially true for younger people and remote workers. It's more of a way to introduce yourself when there is no visual or audio element to the relationship.
For instance, our company has been working with a lawyer named Kelly for a year now. Around Christmas, he called about something and it was the first time I had ever spoken to him. I had thought Kelly was a woman and I had probably referred to him as "her or she" in our company Slack till that moment.