Nathan Blakeley lodged claim after comment made by boss when female colleague won award at the company party
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/05/male-marketing-executive-loses-sex-discrimination-claim-over-company-awards
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Gender was needlessly injected by the English language, which requires gendered pronouns. The boss had no choice about referring to the winner as “she”, she just chose to comment on it.
Did she not have the gender-neutral pronoun ‘they’ in her lexicon?
Sure, but she didn’t use it for the same reason you’re using “she” and “her” instead of “they” and “their” - she knew the winner’s gender.