Me personally? I’ve become much less tolerant of sexist humor. Back in the day, cracking a joke at women’s expense was pretty common when I was a teen. As I’ve matured and become aware to the horrific extent of toxicity and bigotry pervading all tiers of our individualistic society, I’ve come to see how exclusionarly and objectifying that sort of ‘humor’ really is, and I regret it deeply.
You know we’ve gone too far when people feel bad for saying thank you sir/mam…
At one point, people thought we had gone too far because they weren’t allowed to say the N word anymore.
Sir and Ma’am are only respectful if the person hears it as such.
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Nah, that sounds like more your thing. I’m going to do what makes those around me happy and comfortable.
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Not all people identify with the two-gender labels. For instance, I’m genderqueer, and I’d feel very dysphoric if someone told me “ma’am.”
I’m a cis lady and I don’t like being called ma’am. It feels so forced and phony.
I agree.
This world is going to hell in a wokebasket if people start thinking about what comes out their fucking mouth.
/s, cos you never fuckin know nowadays.
I don’t think it is univerally okay to make assumptions about someone’s personal identity before you know it. I am happy calling someone sir or ma’am after I know their gender identity. But in a casual interaction between strangers, there is no need for it at all and it is just an ingrained and outdated social convention that I personally am striving to move past.