Nice to know everyone here knows my child better than I do. As well as better than their therapists and specialists. I’ll remember to come to y’all before their doctors.
I’ll offer you my perspective.
I’m female. And I don’t mind people putting their pronouns in their emails.
But I don’t want to put mine in. One, I have a female name so it’s relatively obvious.
Two, I’m already pretty conscious that I get treated differently by my male colleagues, and I’m fairly certain my sex/gender plays into that. I’ve worked in male dominated work places too. I’ve been treated like an idiot, spoken down to, had credit for my work passed off as theirs. The whole lot. I really don’t feel the need to draw further attention to my biological sex on that basis - they are well aware of it.
In fact, I’m reminded every minute of every day that I’m female. And it’s not a badge of pride, more of a cross to bear. When men get a little too close in public transport and make me uncomfortable but they technically haven’t done anything wrong so I have to endure it, when men get handsy when I’m out having drinks. When I feel too scared to walk my dog at night, when I get cat called from a building site. When I get stared down at in the weights section in the gym.
The world never lets me forget I’m female so I don’t really want to fly that flag any more than necessary. Just my point of view..