.. there are human beings who do not identify along a binary gender line. For this and other reasons, I appreciate gender being left out of public announcements.
Is it still acceptable to refer to men as “gentlemen” and women as “ladies?”At baseball games that I attend, the team used to be introduced on the field by the announcer saying, “And now, ladies and gentlemen, here are your Pittsburgh Pirates!”I would be interested to know your position on this.DEAR GENTLEMAN: I didn’t realize that I needed to have a “position” on this. But let me take a swing at it.
However, there are fellow human beings who do not identify along a binary gender line as either female or male, and one would assume that some of these people are also baseball fans – buying tickets, beer, trinkets, and rooting for their hometown team.To illustrate, I was recently at a church service where I noted that the pastor had removed any reference to God as “Him” or “He,” only referring to this higher power absent of any gender references.
So, to answer your question – if you know that people are male, then refer to them as male: “Gentlemen,” “Sirs,” “Guys,” or whatever suits the occasion best.But if this new way of acknowledging a large number of human beings without reference to gender doesn’t hurt anyone, and may in fact help remind some of our shared humanity, then I’m all for it.DEAR AMY: My fiancée and I have been together for over five years.
When couples come together and decide to form a family, the idea is that they should walk through life hand-in-hand – as a team. They put their relationship at the center of their lives, with their families orbiting around them.
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