Misgendering Should Be a Crime, According to Millennials
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 people, such as banning sex change operations and hormone treatments for minors.According to Pew Research Center, a millennial is someone born between 1981 and 1996, making them between 27 and 42 years old today.
The organization defines Generation Z as being born between 1997 and 2012, meaning they would now be between 11 and 26 years in age.
