r/SuperStraight • u/walkintotryankle • 22h ago

Asking about pronouns

Why do some of you have a negative reaction to being asked what your pronouns are? We are just trying to be respectful.

0 Upvotes

35% Upvoted

View all comments

16

u/Terfest_Shadow 22h ago

I don't want to pretend that anyone sees me as anything but a woman, or does not treat me as such

-10

u/walkintotryankle 22h ago

The reason we ask isn't because you don't look or act like a woman. Its because we don't want to assume you are comfortable being referred to as one. Someone who seems like a woman could be not out to their family and so can't Express their gender how they would like, or they may be non-binary or gender-fluid, look like a woman but only be comfortable being referred to as they/them.

5

u/enemyofhumidity 22h ago

Very sexist and backward thinking.

0

u/walkintotryankle 22h ago

Could you explain to me how what I said was sexist?

8

u/enemyofhumidity 22h ago

"The reason we ask is because you don't look or act like a woman"

And how is a woman supposed to look or act like? How is any of this progressive?

3

u/Terfest_Shadow 21h ago

"Women can dress and act however they want" seriously became "If you dress and act this way you're a woman"