DiscussionGender drama story on NPR this morning

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[–]szalinskikidproblematic androphile 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And the thing is, those people really have no solution for such an imaginary "problem". What is the goal? Are we supposed to ask someone's pronouns every single time before engaging in a conversation? I guarantee you if this was the case and the event manager asked Beckham what her pronouns were, she'd be just as upset because it still implies that people can't tell her sex. If Ash Beckham's sex looks ambiguous then she has to fucking learn to live with it. Maybe we should start normalizing misgendering and teach people to not take it to heart? And teach kids that it's NOT weird or funny if a boy doesn't look masculine or a girl doesn't look feminine. Then misgendering wouldn't be a slur anymore. That's the true solution to this "problem". Normalizing gender nonconformity. And not erasing sex, criminalizing/problematizing misgendering and reinforcing stereotypes.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Normalizing gender nonconformity.

Ah yes, the good old days that existed for a hot second in liberal towns. Little did we know some stereotype-addicted children (who aren't old enough to drive, but never mind) had their foot on the gas when we all tried to pull over at that rest stop and set up a homestead where everyone could chill and stop worrying about sizing each other up all the time.

I was "mis-sexed" (because that's what it was; I knew what I was so it wasn't like it was threatening to me that someone else couldn't tell immediately, it was just annoying that it came up at all) on a regular basis as an adolescent.

Guess I missed out on doing some NPR interviews.