Just to address some of the issues raised in response to my posts last night.
I am not "obsessed" about pronouns. After all, it isn't me who bangs on about it in my daily life. I'm more than happy to be civil and polite and I recognise how much it means to some to be addressed in a particular way. What I do object to is anyone telling me that I have to shout out to anybody I work with/communicate with through work what my gender is.
I absolutely refuse that.
Some good points raised about the changing rooms issue, and I don't have the answer. Yet I didn't create the problem. I really feel sorry for those caught up in the problem but it always seems to be women that have to accommodate, and if they won't then they are labelled a bigot by some out there l.
I'm certainly not the type of woman who is a shrinking violet, and I'm not "clutching my pearls" at the sheer "horror" of modern society. I'm pretty tough on a mental/emotional level and life has made me like that.
It's just that sometimes, despite all the effort over the last hundred years or so, it seems like women are in some way being undermined. And that pisses me off.
Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. Don't expect everyone to agree, it's just my point of view