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Is it weird that I'm a Trans girl and I still use dude like so much?
And yet when other people use it for me, I feel like I have to ask how they meant it đ
dude isn't gender neutral?
It really depends đ
Neuroplasticity is a thing, but it takes time and vigilance for changes to happen.
Oh I don't see it as a bad thing. I'm just saying it's ironic.
It's a little inconsistent, but don't beat yourself up too much. Language is complicated and slow to change, same as our usage of it.
but don't beat yourself up too much
Oh don't worry, that wasn't the spirit of my comment at all. If anything, I started using dude after my egg cracked. It fits with the chill, tomboyish image I have of myself.
I feel that, it was drilled into me in the 90s and I just it for most people as well.
6 months in and I still misgender myself sometimes lol. It definitely isn't a super easy switchover after decades of using something else.