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Monday, July 17th, 2023

Misgendering Should Be a Crime, According to Millennials

Author:     JAMES BICKERTON
Source:     Newsweek
Publication Date:     7/15/23 | 1:07 PM EDT
 Link: Misgendering Should Be a Crime, According to Millennials
Stephan:  

I think the Republicans have made a major miscalculation. I think they believe the grievances of the MAGAt world will out perform the younger generation. But I think they are wrong. The gender issue has become one of the defining trends for young voters and the world in which they live. In spite of all the voter suppression and gendering, I think the young are going to turn out in large numbers, motivated by this and the Republicans insane anti-abortion efforts, and that will be very meaningful.

A trans rights protester. More millennials think misgendering should be illegal than legal, according to a new survey.
Credit: Andy Buchanan / AFP / Getty

More millennials think referring to a transgender person by the wrong pronouns should be a criminal offense than think it should be legal, according to new polling conducted exclusively for Newsweek.

According to the survey by Redfield & Wilton Strategies, 44 percent of those aged 25-34 think “referring to someone by the wrong gender pronoun (he/him, she/her) should be a criminal offense,” versus just 31 percent who disagree. The remainder “neither agree nor disagree” or “don’t know.”

This view remains popular for those aged 35-44, among whom 38 percent think misgendering should be illegal, whilst 35 percent disagree and 26 percent either don’t know or didn’t express an opinion.

The rights of transgender people, whose gender identity doesn’t match the sex they were given at birth, and the corresponding impact on women’s rights, has developed into a hot political issue across the United States. Republican-controlled states have passed a string of laws impacting transgender […]

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2 Comments

  1. Nate G on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 6:29 am

    Even as a very democratic leaning millennial with a transgender sibling, I find this trend deeply disturbing. The idea that such a large percent of people in my age bracket lack the emotional resilience to handle minor insults to their sense of being, even to the point of thinking that criminalizing freedom of speech is a good idea just because it hurts someone’s feelings. Everything in life risks hurting someone’s feelings, the response shouldn’t be to reduce the rights of everyone else who doesn’t share the same views as the person who was insulted.

  2. Albus Eddie on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 5:22 am

    We are unable to successfully prosecute war crimes and financial crimes in this society. So the millennials want to prosecute freedom of speech? Our prognosis is poor.