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[–]Omina_SentenziosaSarcastic Ovalord 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The compromise you are advocating for is not impossible... in theory.

The problem is that in order to have it, both sides would have to be willing to use it. The issue is that TRAs would refuse: anything less than complete capitulation is not acceptable.

As for us... there was a time in which it was probably possible from our point of view to accept something like you are describing. The problem is that we did accept it, and we got taken advantage of to the point that now we have men saying that they have periods because they get farty, moody and crave chocolate once in a while.

The past few years just erased any kind of fucks I was willing to give, and I know I am talking on behalf of many posters here. If we were in a world in which it was recognized that using feminine pronouns and labels for certain men was just a question of politeness, that they didn't actually believe they were women, and that they weren't trying to change legislation and us through that, then it would be a different question. But you know how things are now. There are people who genuinely believe that words make reality, and if we play along with that will just get worse.