Getting sir'd for the second time today is one thing. That person doing it twice during a social justice meetup... oh buddy
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Yuck. Use proper pronouns, ppl. This woman is a "ma'am." On another note, we need gender-neutral honorifics.
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Replying to @FenBeaumont @EmilyGorcenski
Or just to stop using them entirely. They're unnecessary, disconcerting, and highly prone to misgendering or coming across as sexist.
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Replying to @RichFelker @EmilyGorcenski
Fair. Though we tend to want honorifics. I just think they shouldn't change based on gender.
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Replying to @FenBeaumont @EmilyGorcenski
Who wants them? Even w/o gender dynamics they often code class/racial/hierarchical expectations of who is expected to use them for whom.
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The gendered aspect makes that even worse, because if you're "lower rank" you're expected to say sir/ma'am & risk misgendering by doing so.
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The whole construct is a game of pitting one oppression against another.
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