@sarah And for example "Andrea" is usually considered male in italy while female in germany. So context matters. I consider trying to guess the gender or pronouns from a name a bad habit...
@sarah That is one of the things that I would never implement when asked for it. I rather quit than work for a company where Marketing is more important than the right to not have to reveal my gender!
Thanks for raising that point in your talk yesterday!
@heiglandreas@sarah I made this mistake once when I addressed a lawyer as Ms Surname in an email because I assumed their name was feminine, when it was literally the common Welsh version of unambiguously masculine John. I used Ms to avoid assuming martial status, but it never occurred to me they were Mr. Ever since, I only refer to people by the name they give me. 😂
And if it is important (Leave that decission to the person in question): Have you considered ... asking?
They still don't tell you? Seems they don't think it is important. Perhaps you should talk to your Marketing department and tell them that it is none of their business what gender someone is!
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