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Misgendering does not rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by unlawfulbooger to c/196

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Wait what the fuck am I talking about anymore?

I... don't know. But please don't misgender cis people. It just makes it harder to convince them that misgendering is wrong if you also do it. The trans community is more vulnerable to misgendering than the bigots, so if we start doing it to people we don't like, then it becomes some sort of schoolyard insult revenge term where we as trans folk lose.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

No I specifically mean misgendering transphobes, not random cispeople.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

I understand. Please don't do that for the reasons I stated above. Purposely misgendering transphobes only encourages them to purposely misgender us.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 13 points 2 months ago

Lots of transphobic cis people are agender eggs who don't care about being misgendered because they can't be. If you teach them what being misgendered feels like, they might decide it didn't feel bad for them, so it must not feel bad for out trans people either. That's teaching the wrong lesson.