I know the world is different now, and I want them to be polite to everyone.
Each week in the Tuesday column, Prudence asks readers for their thoughts on a question that has her stumped. She’ll post her final thoughts on the matter on Fridays.I am the Gen X child of Midwestern parents. I was born and raised in a politically liberal part of Texas. That said, manners matter even in my area of Texas. I was raised to always say things like “yes, please” and “no, thank you” and use terms like sir and ma’am.
Especially given how sensitive your son is, I don’t want him to have to explain what “Mx.” means to people who are a little behind on modern thinking about gender identity. So while some suggested “Just use gender-neutral pronouns for everyone,” that didn’t quite work for me. I know Mx. and other gender-neutral honorifics have been gaining in popularity on the internet lately, but I don’t think it’s sufficiently widespread enough that it’d be practical to default to it, especially in casual conversations. Still, it might help to talk about other ways to address people in gender neutral terms, at least in writings, if not conversation. Something I’ve been trying to do is to focus on titles or other gender neutral .
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