In the grand scheme of things, this post isn’t all that important.
I’m a nurse working with peds in a psych setting. The importance of this job and the severe abuse many of these kids have suffered, goes beyond what can be said in a short post.
We had a meeting this week, with the person running it- asked us to all declare our pronouns. By the time they came to me, I was so frustrated I just said, ditto, echoing the person who was before me. Luckily, nobody pushed us.
One of the girls is -I assuming transgendered or starting to …she’s going by the name of Alex and wears loose clothing. Her behavior/mannerisms are feminine and she seems like a really decent person.
Mental illness is so prevalent among these, the younger adult group -they really believe this stuff and not only expect us to be OK with it but to celebrate it.
My frustration is this— am I supposed to remember out of a group of 20 - 10.., specific gender requirements.
How the hell are we supposed to remember the specifics? Not to mention, is this even legal in the workplace?
Fellow nurse here, also BH specialty. Some folks really have gender issues as I saw this when I worked NICU. However, the vast majority of confused youth have been pushed in that direction by the mental health professionals that are supposed to be wise. I don't know what to say. It is crazy.
This is how desperate our hospital is! Three of the girls in attendance were previous patients here 8 to 12 years ago.
As long as they’ve matured and they’ve got an adult perspective & some insight, it should be OK.
Maybe they have an alternative objective agenda?