WHY NOT TO MAKE GENDERED
ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON VOICE
Historical Implications
 While a modern
understanding of
“misgendering” has not
always been around the
concept has been
 Creating assumptions of
gender based in voice has
always existed
Applicability to your life
 Everyone can be someone
affected by misgendering
 Everyone has pronouns
 It is also important to
know the ideal ways to be
respectful with pronouns
Importance
 For people being misgendered,
it is a very traumatic
experience
 In a study in the “Self and
Identity” journal it was found
that 32.8% of participates felt
very stigmatized when
misgendered
What to do instead
 If not explicitly clear of
someone’s pronouns, there
are other things to do
 Respectfully asking for
pronouns
 Using neutral pronouns
such as they/them if unsure
before asking