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Do not call me “man”, “dude” or “bro”.

maevele:

kiriamaya:

I realize that a lot of people have come to think of them as non-gendered colloquialisms, but they are still obviously rooted in maleness, and thus I don’t want them attributed to me.

Please and thank you.

That’s the only way that I treat trans women different from everyone else, in that they are the only people I will not call Dude.  Admittedly it deviates from my whole “treat them like any other woman” policy, but in a way that causes less discomfort, so I do my best.

Yeah, what Maevele said. I sort of call everyone dude. I call my female friends dude while speaking Spanish.

But also (and I’m really sorry if this sounds suspiciously like one of those “I’m sorry you were offended” faux apologies) English is pretty obviously not my native language and sometimes I fail to pick up on these things. Gender in English really doesn’t work the same way as in Spanish. So if something like this flies right over my head, I’m really sorry, and I promise to try to remember it if you point it out.

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  1. missksugarheartbelljar reblogged this from oldrebelpachelbel
  2. grimseer reblogged this from rendezvousordie and added:
    You say that we are degendering man-bro-dude then, but what about the female counterpart of those words? Would you ever...
  3. purplegoesbothways reblogged this from grimseer and added:
    totally understandable why...trans woman wouldn’t want
  4. weird-kid-in-the-corner reblogged this from cocktopimp and added:
    Dude, bro, chill the fuck out.
  5. twin-spica reblogged this from aircalibur
  6. aircalibur reblogged this from rendezvousordie and added:
    can’t forget this guy: or the Holy Broman Empire or Broseph of Arimathea you know, all those bros of history
  7. bahnubee reblogged this from hollahollagetdolla and added:
    ‘Bro’ ‘dude’ ‘man’ etc are so genderless now, most people just say them without thinking. I say it to people I don’t...
  8. tluthal reblogged this from notasenator and added:
    I am adoring that Anne Broleyn. Yessss.
  9. fearcutsdeeperthanswords reblogged this from notasenator
  10. ironlassoftime reblogged this from sppandaaa and added:
    I just use dude as a general exclamation these days. I agree that it doesn’t matter, but if someone doesn’t want to be...
  11. notasenator reblogged this from rendezvousordie and added:
    Slow your roll, Brodysseus.
  12. rendezvousordie reblogged this from sppandaaa and added:
    I think… It’s actually kind...we’re degendering dude-man-bro? So yeah,
  13. homostuckhomestuck reblogged this from themostchill and added:
    I call everyone Babe, BB, love, bro, broski, chump (yes, everyone), sweetcakes, lover, and max. I call everyone all of...
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  18. themostchill reblogged this from the-artist-formerly-known-as-jd and added:
    Now this is something that has come to my attention. I’m a friendly guy and sometimes, I want to use a word to the same...
  19. turntechgodkid reblogged this from the-artist-formerly-known-as-jd and added:
    (if you wanna pull that thats cool but then id like to voice my opinion i dont like being called cute or adorable im a...
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