Being Gendered Correctly

[Spot]

TL;DR: Show some empathy for your peers.

TL;DR 1st world personal problem. It's not other's burden to walk on eggshells with transgender people because of their choices/lifestyle/feelings.


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[Aescha]

TL;DR 1st world personal problem. It's not other's burden to walk on eggshells with transgender people because of their choices/lifestyle/feelings.

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Expecting human decency is a "burden"

I agree with Kimmy it's extremely annoying, and is a sensitive place for most transgender people.

in ffxi i rolled a hume once because I was tired of people assuming I was male on my mithra, I thought knowing i had the choice of gender might help, but no.

1st world problem is racist and implies lgbt people do not exist in the developing world. You do not actually care about developing countries, only about making yourself sound smart.

When people do this, I ask politely for them not to do that. if they ignore it i interact with them as minimally as possible to complete the instance, and then preferably, never have to see or hear from them again.

[Skivvy]

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1st world problem is racist and implies lgbt people do not exist in the developing world. You do not actually care about developing countries, only about making yourself sound smart.

People throw the "Racist" card around way too freely. This has nothing to do with racism. And yes, the fact that we can all sit around on our computers, complaining about hurt feelings, that would be a 1st world problem.

[o3o]

Expecting human decency is a "burden"

I agree with Kimmy it's extremely annoying, and is a sensitive place for most transgender people.

in ffxi i rolled a hume once because I was tired of people assuming I was male on my mithra, I thought knowing i had the choice of gender might help, but no.

1st world problem is racist and implies lgbt people do not exist in the developing world. You do not actually care about developing countries, only about making yourself sound smart.

When people do this, I ask politely for them not to do that. if they ignore it i interact with them as minimally as possible to complete the instance, and then preferably, never have to see or hear from them again.[/QUOTE]

Its just a game. Nobody cares what you are.

Did you honestly expect they would?

[bokchoykn]

TL;DR: Show some empathy for your peers.

Agreed. Come on, guys. Let's act like men, not children.

[Shioban]

Agreed. Come on, guys. Let's act like men, not children.

Acting like children would be complaining over;

"They called my character he/she, but I idenfity as he/she/other THIS OFFENDS ME SOMEHOW!"

Which this entire thread has proven sadly.

[Pantz]

Agreed. Come on, guys. Let's act like men, not children.

I feel ya, bro!

Let's treat every player like a brother!

[HumsterMKX]

How did this get to 44 pages lol.

It kinda attracted a lot of Jersey Shore fans...

[Gnova]

The way I handle this situation is that I tend to use very gender neutral language to speak to another person unless/until I find out what their gender is.

I think people need to wrap their heads around the fact that there is no promise of true gender behind a avatar and taking offense to someone guessing wrong is a tag ridiculous.
Knowing that over 50% of players are male why would anyone refer to someone by their avatar gender unless they prefer being wrong more times than right.

I've played mostly female characters in MMOs for more than a decade and I don't think anyone has addressed me as a "she" since Y2K was still a thing. Armed with that information I am amazed that anyone could be shocked/upset by not being called "she" when playing a female character.