Nor does it make you special. Your gender is not a fashion statement. It is not something to flaunt in other peoples’ faces.
Now that I’ve got your attention, hear me out. I need to rant about all the people out there that like to identify as something besides male or female.
Please. Quit being such an asshole about it. I couldn’t give a rats ass whether you are a female, a eunuch, or a fucking apache helicopter.
However, I DO care if you’re being a complete twat about it, and giving others a hard time for not knowing that you identify as a multi-million dollar piece of military equipment. Which leads me to my next point…
Basic. Fucking. Decency.
Let me take through a scenario that I have experienced a couple of times. You meet a new person. They seem extremely sweet and nice, and then you call them a her.
Well shit, you just fucked up.
Turns out that she is a he. And he is very mad that you called them a she. You wonder to yourself, “but wait! The name is Taylor, which sounds like a girl’s name…”. That’s a perfectly valid point. Taylor is actually both a male and a female name. Then you think to yourself, “but wait! The person has extremely long hair and the face does not resemble a masculine face at all…”. This is a perfectly valid point as well, considering you just met the person.
Everyone will look at your physical features to aid in their understanding of who and what you are. It’s completely natural, and not at all racist or sexist or anything of that sort. It’s human nature.
Back to the story…
You sit there and you ponder how you made such a mistake, when in your head, your brain subconsciously saw that there was more to indicate that the person was a female. The human brain isn’t wired to think outside of its primitive ideals regarding gender and how someone looks physically. It’s what attracts people to each other and spurs reproduction.
So in the end, you made a simple mistake, and now you’re getting yelled at by someone you maybe said 10 words to.
To me, that’s HUGE disrespect. Yes, I may have called you something that you don’t consider yourself to be, but also keep in mind that I had no malicious intentions or anything of the sort. I made a mistake without even realizing it, and here you are giving me grief for it.
Think about what kind of person you are, and how rude you’re being. You want me to be understanding to you and your choice of gender, yet you refuse to understand that I made a mistake. Think about that.
Yes, I feel bad, but at the same time, I don’t regret making that mistake. Because that’s what humans do. We’re not perfect. Not at all. We learn from it. Now you know to stay away from that person because they’re not understanding. And next time you know to refer to someone by their first name as to avoid all this unnecessary crap that’s so in fashion apparently.
Anyways, thank you for listening to my rant, and I do hope my point got across. I’m all for people living life the way they want to live it, and I could care less what you identify with.
Stay curious my friends.