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[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

While I do personally think it would make things somewhat easier if we had a "sir"/"ma'am" that was gender-neutral, because then you don't even have to think about it to be polite (I've accidentally said "sir" to a masculine-looking woman before and it does make me feel bad and I'm sure it makes them uncomfortable for like, a literal second), the fact remains that we don't have that in the English language, and that any attempts to create something like that are going to be ham-fisted and stupid-sounding.

It makes more sense to just accept that sometimes we experience embarrassing situations in life and that sometimes we experience uncomfortable moments and we have to learn to live with that fact. Especially in this guy's "I'm obviously a male but I'm somewhat feminine so it's really weird that they just assume I want to be called sir" case.