Let’s say there’s someone I want to call Mr/Ms/Mrs [Name], but I don’t know their gender, is there a title I can use that doesn’t assume their gender?

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t their name be a clue as to their gender though?

    Edit: Sorry, I misread the OP. I thought you meant first name. 😂

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      I know a heterosexual Chinese couple who had the same family and given names even before they were married. They met because they kept getting each other’s mail.

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        1 year ago

        That’s actually really cute.

        I know a family where a pair of brothers are married to a pair of sisters, and they all four had the same last name before marriage.

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      Not really. There’s plenty of gender-neutral names, some you wouldn’t expect. The names Ashley, Chris, Harper, Morgan, and Stacey are all gender-ambiguous (Showing my white American background with this list). Plus, people can have genders that don’t match their name.