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Same reason you can reasonably refer to a male-looking acquaintance as "he" without enforcing a policy of using "they" until you have the opportunity to ask wha
by coryfklein 8y ago
Same reason you can reasonably refer to a male-looking acquaintance as "he" without enforcing a policy of using "they" until you have the opportunity to ask what gender they identify with.
Yes, you will get it wrong ~0.1% of the time, but the cost of slight embarrassment one one/both sides is far less than the cost of using non-standard and confusing communication the remaining 99.9% of the time.
- conductr 8y agoIt’s people like you that assume I give a damn about sports just cuz I have a wiener (also assumed 99.9% of the time). So tired of the blatant stereotyping!! J/kinda
- jonny_eh 8y agoIt's far less than 99.9% of men that care about sports. Sometimes people assume I'm into sports because I'm wearing a baseball hat though, and that's fair.