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Topic subjectWhat's the lightbulb?
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13444040, What's the lightbulb?
Posted by Cold Truth, Thu Oct-07-21 05:59 PM
>they had a conversation on what she wanted to be called. she
>said, it wasn’t as important as not forgetting she’s
>human. or something like that, lol
>
>that was the lightbulb moment for me….

Cool. This is no different from the "I have a black friend, and HE said...." retorts people give when addressing their interactions with the community on the whole.

Because Dave's stance is, essentially, if you were born with a dick, you're still not a woman, not really, because gender is a fact.

And he's just plain fucking wrong. It's a social construct.

And "not forgetting that she's human" is one thing. That's what she's saying to him. That's their dynamic.

Thing is, it's dehumanizing to deny her- and every other member of her community- her gender identity.

The rest of his story about her does nothing to fix that problem.