Which I see as merely a variation of "just get over it."
My daughter was called princess by most if not all cast when we went last year and was never dressed like a princess. Are they not allowed to now?
There absolutely is harm in this if the person is mis-gendered. The South needs to understand that not everyone identifies as a Ma'am or Mister.
Yiky yikes.
That sounds so “nice.”
That's not what "harm" is.
I live in Georgia. If someone looks like a man, I call him Sir. If they look like a woman, I call her Ma'am. There is zero harm in that. If it's a dude dressed like a lady then I am addressing her the correct way. Same thing if a lady is dressed like a man. It's really not that hard.
Wearing clothing attire generally seen as one gender does not mean someone automatically identifies as the opposite gender that they were born with.
"Dressed" goes beyond just clothing. It can also. include makeup, jewelry and other things. Most clothing, especially T-shirts are gender neutral.
That does not change what I said. You can wear all of that and not identify as the opposite gender that you were born with. It's not automatic. Some do some don't. Some are in the midst of transitioning and some are just wearing things as an expression of themselves. Our world view these days is understanding people don't always or have to fit into neat boxes.
I understand you mean well by this, but from my understanding of what I've learned from trans friends, what they may 'pass' as it's not generally an indication of how they'd like to be addressed. Someone may not fit into societal norms, but it's not for others to project onto someone a classification. I'm old and have a difficult time remembering to switch pronouns so I've gone with calling everyone folks or other neutral terms. I'd rather generalize than possibly unexpectedly hurt someone's feelings.
I'm sorry it appears you have something you needed to vent about, I hope you can move on now that you've been able to do that
I have young kids and it’s commonplace for everyone to be addressed as “friends” in their school or activity settings. Perhaps it’s a generational or locational thing. I’m so used to hearing it that it doesn’t stand out to me as anything unusual.
Mr. Rogers referred to his audience or any guest on his show as 'friend', so this has gone back as far as the 70s.
There are people who are not "dudes" or "ladies." So yeah, there is harm.
No there is no harm in that at all. People can choose to be offended or they can choose to realize there was no harmful intent and move on. It's not up to the rest of society to determine your self worth.
A lot of people don't intend to be harmful but still are. People can choose to apologize for their actions/words and attempt to avoid the harmful action in the future, or be a jerk about it.
And what if you can't tell from appearance? I've run into that a few times.
