Being Gendered Correctly

[infinitezero]

Yup, a troll. 13 posts, all in this thread, 35 pages. You all got caught by this troll.

Inception troll!
A troll within a troll (thread) trying to make people feel some type of way about feeling some type of way.




(not actually convinced this is a troll thread)

[Marowit]

Yup, a troll. 13 posts, all in this thread, 35 pages. You all got caught by this troll.

Does that mean I can start trolling it back then? Was trying to be respectful and have a discussion, but my inner troll is getting pretty restless

[Kimmy_Dee]

Don't call me "it".

[blacksheepwall]

At this point normally I would say something like 'man up' or 'grow some balls' but here idk.

[LordSliver]

Don't call me "it".

Chill pill please

This isnt a matter to get so upset over, ignore people and go on enjoying the game.

[Marowit]

Don't call me "it".

The it was referring to being a troll as internet trolls have to gender hence the "it". Are you sure you should be playing video games at all though? Still trying to be nice, but I've never met or seen anyone be so sensitive and hurt over a single word that has no history, tone, meaning, or possibility to be negative.

[Niwashi]

I don't care who somebody is IRL. If we're interacting in a game, then it's who they are in the game that counts. Male characters get male pronouns and female characters get female pronouns. Makes everything easy and nobody can be offended by it. People playing characters of the opposite gender as themselves obviously wouldn't be doing so if they objected to being referred to that way.

(On the forums, by default you get the pronouns of the character in your avatar image, though if your RL gender is mentioned I'll switch to those pronouns. In game, I generally won't switch pronouns just because someone mentioned their RL gender, but will if they do so explicitly to specify that they prefer going by RL pronouns rather than IG ones.)

[Cairdeas]

As another transwoman, I agree with you its quite annoying to be misgendered male when you are female. Especially since Warriors are forced to wear armor that pretty much de-genders us. Glamours have been a saving grace because it means I can put on some frilly stuff while tanking and that cuts down on the number of people misgendering me.

[RumiP]

Especially since Warriors are forced to wear armor that pretty much de-genders us.

Which is funny, because "biological" women have typically found the overly frilly and revealing armor sets that have become run-of-the-mill in fantasy video games to be misogynist. "Boob plate" for example.

Not sure what point I'm really making, but your statement led to what for me was an interesting observation.

[Titor]

Especially since Warriors are forced to wear armor that pretty much de-genders us.

I have to disagree with you. Gender is not representative about how you dress or behave. Being feminine is not about frills and dresses and scantly clad armor, neither is being male about tuxedos, heavy armor, and muscles.

Also if you're covered in frills and scantly clad items it makes it even harder to tell who you are because many males prefer to dress their avatars like that while many female gamers tend to move towards more covering and conservative clothing. At least in my experience, of course everyone is different and to each their own, I have no problem with anyone until they attack me for making an assumption based off of arbitrary and somewhat random data generated in a game (IE calling a he she or calling a she he)