(December 20, 2018 at 11:27 pm)Jade-Green Stone Wrote: What exactly is Gender-fluid?
For me I never really cared if I'm called male or female, given my short hair, boyish style of clothing I've been called by many customers in my retail store 'he' that boy' and 'sir'. I never really did care if someone saw me as a boy or a girl, I felt I should be seen for who I am not what sex I was.
Though I'll admit it's rather humorous when the customer says 'Thank you sir.' and I reply with the 'your welcome, have a nice day.' they get flustered and say 'I mean ma'am.'
And yes, I reassure them I have nothing against them saying 'sir' to me when they try to apologize profusely for saying 'sir' or suggesting I was a boy. Though I do live in a very conservative area. I get asked sometimes as to why I have short hair, simply put it's just easier to take care of as my hair is naturally thick and heavy, so having it long is painful in summer heat much less washing it.
Whoops I'm ranting again. But really, what would make a person genderfluid?
Can't really address the gender-fluid question, being one of those cis-male guys...though I do admire a fire or two. There is a paraphilia for fire, called pyrophilia, not pyromania. The former is attraction to fire, the latter is destructive. BoT- For me, I take the tack, if I can't tell a person's sex by obvious outer characteristics, to just say "Thank you", without any sexual reference to "sir", or "ma'am".
I had short hair back in the '60s and '70s when most guys wore it long. I used to get grief from some of the girls/women about it, but I worked as a mechanic and got plenty of crud in my hair as a result. Some people used to say that that wasn't a good enough reason. Tough bounce to that, is all I can say.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
