Being Gendered Correctly

[Merle]

As a side note, you can't invalidate someone's feelings just because their concerns are no big deal to you.

Not if that "one" wants to change everyone because his/her personal concern

I have a very acute arachnophobia. Diremite kinda resemble a spider, not enough to trigger my fear, but enough to make me feel uncomfortable. Please, SE, will you remove diremites and their webs from tam-tara to let me enjoy the dungeon?

Get my point?

[HumsterMKX]

I guess... in order to no offend anyone by saying "he", we should use "it" instead.

Or we can use other terms like "midget", "knife ears", "generic rpg human", "stereotypical rpg muscle race", "cat", etc. Since the terms are not gender locked like "he" or "she".

Ok... lets end this gender thingy... From now on, we refer to everyone using gender neutral terms:

Hyur:
Generic rpg human
*insert colour*human
Dress Wearing human
Pants wearing human

Highlander:
Homeless human
Taller human
Generic barbarian rpg human
Brawny human

Lalafell:
Sand/Plains Midget
Sack of potatoes
Bite-size snack
Pedobear bait
Sacrificial offering

Elezen:
Knife ears
Token generic rpg Elf race
Self proclaim superior race
Drizzt Clone

Miqo'te:
Sun/Moon cat
Furball
Fleabag
Yarn chasers
Lalafell prehistoric predator


Roegadyn:
Stereotypical rpg muscle race
*Go work in the mines*
Not a Galka
No tail Galka


Feel free to add to the list. So ppl don;t feel gender discriminated.

[Odett]

Not if that "one" wants to change everyone because his/her personal concern

I have a very acute arachnophobia. Diremite kinda resemble a spider, not enough to trigger my fear, but enough to make me feel uncomfortable. Please, SE, will you remove diremites and their webs from tam-tara to let me enjoy the dungeon?

Get my point?

Being scared of a monster and asking to be gendered correctly are not even remotely close. Do I understand your fear of spiders? Somewhat at least, since I'm arachnophobic myself, but having a female character with a female name and asking to be spoken to as such is not "wanting to change everyone" or comparable to your example.

[Tiggy]

I'm a male playing a female character. So are you saying I should throw a hissy fit when someone assumes I'm a female and trades me a flower? No, I don't. It's the exact same situation flipped over. It's not the end of the world. Politely correct them and move on with your life.

[Kimmy_Dee]

I'm a male playing a female character. So are you saying I should throw a hissy fit when someone assumes I'm a female and trades me a flower? No, I don't. It's the exact same situation flipped over. It's not the end of the world. Politely correct them and move on with your life.

No it isn't. I'm also playing a female character. People are calling me he. It shouldn't be that much to ask that people refer to female characters as she.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

No it isn't. I'm also playing a female character. People are calling me he. It shouldn't be that much to ask that people refer to female characters as she.

Have you even bothered reading all the replies to your own thread?

What you ask is not going to happen. In game gender has nothing to do with real life gender. And generally speaking the users of MMOs have historically been males, henceforth the more widespread use of male pronouns.

You can shout all you want, but this is not sexism by any stretch of imagination - it's just habit due to experience, since NO ONE will have a problem calling you "she" when you point out that you prefer it that way. Stop acting like a princess.

[Marowit]

Have you even bothered reading all the replies to your own thread?

What you ask is not going to happen. In game gender has nothing to do with real life gender. And generally speaking the users of MMOs have historically been males, henceforth the more widespread use of male pronouns.

You can shout all you want, but this is not sexism by any stretch of imagination - it's just habit due to experience, since NO ONE will have a problem calling you "she" when you point out that you prefer it that way. Stop acting like a princess.

I'm convinced this is just a troll thread. The OP came here complaining about a problem that's honestly only a problem to them due to unique circumstances that involve being a transgender. There have been plenty of replies offering advice and trying to explain it's nothing malicious. Hell I even suggested they find the LGBT directory thread so they can join one and prevent themselves from ever being misidentified again, but they just continue arguing that it affects them specially and everyone else should change

[Remilia_Nightfall]

I'm convinced this is just a troll thread.

..damn, if it is, I fell for it head first.

10/10.

[Eekiki]

NO ONE will have a problem calling you "she" when you point out that you prefer it that way. Stop acting like a princess.

But if she can't pretend she's being persecuted, what will she have to complain about on the internet?

[Synra]

This is something that has irritated me for a lot of years now.

I was a roleplayer before I was an MMO player. I believe that people shouldn't be worrying about 'the player' and should just focus on the avatar. This game is a whole different world. Real world stuff shouldn't matter. We jump into these virtual worlds to experience a whole different kind of life, in a new place, as a new person. When you create your character, you are free to be whatever you want to be in that world. If it's a Spell caster, or an armored knight, that's your choice. If it's a plain old human, a fancy elf, or a shrimpy little gnome, that's up to you. And that goes for gender as well. You are (should be) free to be a man or a woman in that world.

It's simply not right to address female characters as "he". It does not matter if the player is actually male or female, it's insulting and disrespectful to their efforts either way. Whoever they are, they made their choices just like you did. If they chose to participate in this world as a female character, they should be treated as a female.