I think the best response is always "you don't know that". Sex and Gender are not the same thing, and adults should know by now that they can't tell what's in someone else's pants by looking at their face.

[–] michaelmrose -1 points 4 months ago (9 children)

First it doesn't really matter what's between their legs unless you intend to date them. It's easy enough to determine what most people identify as and thus what you ought to treat them as.

That said you can tell what virtually everyone has in there pants. 99.5% of people are cisgender. Of the people who are transgender it is usually not terribly hard to see most of the time both what their birth gender is and what gender they identify as which is why its pretty trivial to be polite. Although it is impossible to tell if someone has had surgery at least in the US you could bet on no and be right most of the time because of cost and inequality around here.

[–] NikkiDimes 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Found the awkward "I'm not transphobic" transphobe.

[–] michaelmrose 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile its impossible to tell the difference between coffee and milk just by looking at it! If you disagree I shall declare you an anti-milkist. It's completely impossible you disagree with my assertion therefore you must be motivated by bigotry!

[–] NikkiDimes 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Creative analogy. However, it's not even remotely applicable.

You're falling victim to a basic observation bias. You notice the trans people who don't pass, but you have no idea how many trans people you see that do pass, and you'd never even consider that they're trans.

Again, found the "but I'm not even transphobic" transphobe.

[–] michaelmrose 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You are correct that I might be unclear on how many are passing be virtue of only noticing the portion that do not.

Still 99.5% of people are cisgender. Some portion of those who are transgender don't pass. So 99.6–99.7 have a discernible gender. I still think my statement is correct numerically. It's not even clear what position you are defending and what position beyond a picayune one you think I'm attacking.

[–] NikkiDimes 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Keep being ignorant to your own biases, it will do you well in life, pompous jackass.