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You’re not helping your case when you say that a mistake in common courtesy could lead to suicide.
by mcmacintosh 9y ago
You’re not helping your case when you say that a mistake in common courtesy could lead to suicide.
- notconservative 9y agoI agree. If being mistaken as the wrong gender causes someone significant enough distress to make them commit suicide, they need (and likely are getting) serious mental health attention. It is not the burden of anyone to cater to a stranger's mental illness. If you look vaguely male, I will say "excuse me sir, could I get past you?" (and "madam" for a vaguely female looking person). And there is no place where that should be illegal or morally wrong. Deliberate misgendering is definitely a separate discussion from a genuine mistake.
- stcredzero 9y agoI get misgendered all the time, and I'm just some guy who never recovered from the 80's and 90's and still sports a ponytail. Once in South Carolina, I got, "Uh, sir, uh, ma'am, uh,..." -- That checkout guy never made up his mind!
- notconservative 9y agoAnd look! You're still here :)
- jrs95 9y agoThat was my point actually, I was being sarcastic. We need better treatment for these people, not draconian speech laws.
- jrs95 9y agoI thought it would be clear I was being sarcastic but apparently not. This was really the point I was trying to make — that these speech laws really aren’t doing anything to address the problem. Additionally, the idea that the incredibly high suicide rate is because of oppression doesn’t match up with other data at all. If this is true, why do whites commit suicide at 3 times the rate of blacks?
- notconservative 9y agoPoe's Law strikes again. I see your comment was even flagged.