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Both of the examples you mentioned seem to me like the best possible outcomes: The trans person or harassment victim immediately realize that the authority fig
by ThePadawan 4y ago
Both of the examples you mentioned seem to me like the best possible outcomes:
The trans person or harassment victim immediately realize that the authority figure is untrustworthy and they have to escape or escalate.
If the authority figure went on to publicly agree, but privately misgender the trans person, or to publicly agree to investigate the harassment while privately hiding the evidence, this would be far more hurtful and dangerous to the victims.
- whatshisface 4y agoA trans person in 2002 doesn't have the options of escape or escalation, because the culture was the same at every company, and up to the top of their current one. Everyone will either privately or explicitly treat them the same way. The only opportunity they'd have is if someone opened a tiny window of hope by dialoguing, instead of pushing their own preconceived notions on them like everybody else would do.
- banannaise 4y agoHi, trans person here. I agree with you entirely. If anti-trans language is a team norm, I can easily check for support at the top, and then if I don't have it, I can leave. Is this ideal? No. Does it work perfectly fine given that I understand there is a baseline level of transphobia in my society? Yes.
- whatshisface 4y agoWould a manager every say, "no, we don't support you?"
- swayvil 4y agoNo, he would say something clever and unarguable, stated in terms of popular truths. In fact everybody on both sides of the discussion would do that.
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