When someone asks me to use nonstandard pronouns and identifies as nonbinary, I do so without question. It's not hard to do! This information changes how I understand they want other people to perceive their gender, but it does not change the way I perceive their gender.
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Sometimes your perspectives can be quite comforting. I do my best to be supportive and respectful of the people around me but I cannot change some of my innermost reactions and reflexes.
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science. biology. sex chromosomes are not going to change regardless how one ‘feels.’
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Correct, but I think she's commenting on how outward appearance affects her inner perception of someone's gender. She still strives to use their preferred pronouns, but it doesn't change how she views their gender until they are more physically apparent in that gender.
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I think this is right? You can be respectful of someone else's feelings while still retaining the right to have your own?
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I’d even push further, You have the right to interpret people according to your own experience and even preferences. Actually , we all do this everyday whether admitted to or not, and it’s part of our sovereignty.
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Hey! Listen to what I mean not what I say!!
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Agreed!
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One must always strive to understand how others “feel” and perceive themselves. challenging ourselves in this way, begets learning which begets evolution. We dont have to be perfect, but always must strive to understand. It is not acceptable to not try.
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Yes, same. I still perceive them the way I initially did, but I want them to feel happy and comfortable speaking w/ me so I do my best to pretend as well. However, as their outward appearance or even their voice changes, it feels more genuine and less like pretend.
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