One of the few BM threads I feel like I'm coming out of a more rounded and informed person than when I went in, never knew how many fucked up people were out there, the gun totting nutters over the pond gave me an idea though.
And nor should you, the problem tends to be in thier head, leave them to being pissed off with the world, I mostly can't give a fuck if no one's getting hurt, but if someone comes to me crying because they've been called the wrong name for shagging forced rhubarb don't be surprised when I laugh my cock off.Anyone who gets upset at any of the above can fuck off in my opinion. Life’s far too short to worry about shite like that. I’ve only took umbrage once when someone has spoke to me when I worked behind a bar, he said ‘oy’ Never said it again the ****. Learnt some manners the hard way. Anyway if I’m waiting to be served or similar I usually say love or mate depending on the sex of the person. Never had anyone say anything to me about it.
Me too. I always say thanks mate after sex as well.Anyway if I’m waiting to be served or similar I usually say love or mate depending on the sex of the person.
Really? I always say you're welcome.Me too. I always say thanks mate after sex as well.
Yeah it's something i've thought more about too lately. People seem to get very irate at being asked to look at how they address people but i don't think it's a lot to take on board really. I'm cis-gendered and all of my main circle of friends are family are so i haven't really thought much in the past about how it makes people feel to be constantly misgendered. A lot of the assumptions built into how we use language can force people to have to constantly explain themselves and "come out" so to speak. It surprises me how many gay friends say they are still asked about boyfriends/girlfriends/husbands/wives by doctors or other public professionals in a way where it's automatically assumed they're heterosexual. Thought modern society might be at a point where we don't assume such things about people but it would seem lots of people are still being forced to come out/correct people a lot of the time. Trans issues are still a long way behind gay ones though when it comes to public understanding, so people should be given time to get used to changing attitudes rather than feel like they're being forced. Otherwise people who might have been open minded receptive will just push back and it'll be trans people who ultimately end up marginalised in the process.
Thank fuck for that thought it was just me.
You could change your user name to Geoff clopper to avoid any confusion .
It’s a university.What organisation is it - Wernham Hogg? Taking your comments at face value, I can't think of any serious business where this sort of time-wasting nonsense would be tolerated. The "HR twonk" would simply be binned.
Caveman in situWhat's 'cis-gendered' ?