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[–][deleted] 26 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 0 fun27 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I have a very androgynous name in the western hemisphere (in ots native language it's very female). I don't give a FUCK if people think I'm male. It's actually really sad when people obsess over this. Like actual women don't get triggered for this shit.

[–][deleted] 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

As Dr Mylastname everyone assumes I'm male. I don't care and it can actually be pretty funny seeing patients frantically backpedaling thinking they've offended me.

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I wonder if we should say it's not offensive. Like I don't have a fragile sense of self lol

[–]justasking918273 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I always thought that in this case they don't apologise because of gender/pronoun nonsense but because it shows sexist stereotypes like "All doctors are male".

[–]arcticbasket[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

EXACTLY. I have a very obvious female name in the English-speaking world, but when I lived in Spanish-speaking countries, and sent emails with just my first name and last name, people generally assumed I was male. I started using my first name and internationally-obvious female middle name just to make it clear from the start. Not because I was triggered by them thinking I was male, just to avoid having the conversation for the thousandth time.