Dehumanization is the result of treating a human like they do not have equal rights and dignities. If we decide that identity is a right within someone's contr

Dehumanization is the result of treating a human like they do not have equal rights and dignities. If we decide that identity is a right within someone's control, that decision must be consistent. If I call you "Steve," and you correct me and say, "no my name is Bob," you have exercised what I see as your right of domain over your own identity. To preempt that right and respond with, "I prefer to call you Steve," would be absurd and rude. Also pointless. It would flout any right you have to decide who you are. To do this in an argument or confrontation easily results in dehumanization, merely by suggesting that one person is allowed to determine their own identity while another is not.