Mis-Pronouning

Contributor: BeepBop BeepBop
I'm a cis-gendered female, but people used to mis-pronoun me a lot as a teenager. I usually just ignored it, unless I knew it was someone I was going to have to deal with long-term.
05/28/2012
Contributor: vitriolicvertigo vitriolicvertigo
I'd like to correct them, but I feel impolite even though it's they who are being impolite. So I usually don't do anything and will at times will take them aside if we're in private.
05/28/2012
Contributor: Phosphorous Tick Phosphorous Tick
Usually I ignore it mostly because i'm not assertive
and because a lot fo my family doesn't know- I'd hate to out myself to them
05/28/2012
Contributor: theavocadopit theavocadopit
Quote:
Originally posted by GONE!
I'm too timid to correct people so I just sit there pissed off.
Aww ....
05/28/2012
Contributor: canislytherin canislytherin
Usually it's a mix of waiting for someone to correct them or I ignore it. But ignoring it doesn't help because it still makes me feel like shit when someone mis-pronouns me.
05/29/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
Quote:
Originally posted by P3ngu1n78
What is your reaction when people mis-pronoun you?
I usually don't have that happen to me but I would be very embarrassed if I hurt someone by calling them the wrong pronoun. I would prefer to be politely corrected because it certainly wouldn't be intentional!
05/29/2012
Contributor: britanny0620 britanny0620
I've I've caught others using the wrong pronouns for someone, I wait a few seconds to see if that person will correct them, but if they look awkward or don't say anything, I'll correct the person. Sometimes people are embarrassed to correct people on that sort of thing, and I don't mind stepping in for others if they don't speak up for themselves. If I catch myself using the wrong pronouns or the person corrects me, I apologize profusely and try harder to remember in the future.
05/29/2012
Contributor: marshmallow marshmallow
Usually I'll ignore it if it's an innocent error, but otherwise I'll say something.
05/30/2012
Contributor: radioboy radioboy
If it's a stranger I usually pretend it didn't happen, or put on a deeper voice. One of my coworkers corrects people for me, so when I'm working with him, I wait for him to correct them for me.
However, when it's friends and family I correct them
06/11/2012
Contributor: TheirPet TheirPet
I don't really mind what pronoun is used for me so I usually don't say anything but my partner has the singular they pronoun and I politely correct them afterwards.
06/16/2012
Contributor: Andrew1992 Andrew1992
It depends on the situation. If I'm not going to see this person again, I don't usually bother correcting them. If it was a friend, most of them are really good about pronouns and if they slip up I can usually just give them a weird look and they'll correct themselves.
06/16/2012
Contributor: eroticmutt eroticmutt
Now that I have got my new license, if someone uses the wrong pronoun I just pull my license out and assertively tell them that they got it wrong
06/24/2012