Do they feel women are beneath them? Above them?
I’m a woman and if someone assumes I’m a man I don’t care.
I don’t see men as being below me inherently at all.
I view people on an individual basis.
Is it naive of me to expect that from my society at large?
Tell that to transgender people.
shareyou can believe that being mistaken for a woman, being feminine, slight, not masculine would be humiliating without viewing women as being beneath you, surely.
personally, i'm pretty much a gynocrat. i would have no problem if all the women took things over, please and thanks. but i certainly would not be happy if people thought i was feminine.
& i would imagine lots of women would be hurt or angry if they were mistaken for a man. some wouldn't, but lots would i'm sure.
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Gynocracy, it’s like that at the place where I get my haircut...but I wouldn’t have it any other way....my hair girl, been going to her for 17 years, that place fuckin’ rocks, if she can make me look presentable, she’s a damn artist....
shareIt doesn't bother me if someone online thinks I'm a woman. I don't like it when people think that I sound like a woman over the phone though.
shareMen are always under attack.
sharesometimes i confuse lesbians as man if i am not paying attention or too baked and it is always aqward as hell
shareI would be hurt if I was mistaken for a man IRL, but it’s nothing to do with the fact I think men are beneath me, which I don’t (and I find this a strange thing, never considered by myself).
I don’t think I’ve been mistaken for male online due to any usernames, but that could happen and unless it’s specified (as in I tell the person my gender etc) the other person might not know so it could be an easy mistake or assumption to make; being online can be quite anonymous so it wouldn’t matter to me personally.
I’m used to people thinking I’m a lesbian IRL tbh, which is a very stupid assumption; again it doesn’t bother me as so far it’s been harmless to me and obviously a product of the other person’s programmed assumptions due to who I’ve been seen with, as to why they have thought that.
I was once verbally attacked online using another moniker back in the 90s, the time of the Gulf War etc by a guy from the USA I remember, solely because they wrongly assumed I was an Arab person and thus they racially assaulted me. I just thought they were a complete idiot and as it was my first foray into the web, it opened my eyes to how ridiculous people can be online.
I have no time for horrible people.
So, just for the record, you're not an Arab lesbian?
shareAhhhh Haha!
Well, what if I am?
😉😂
Would it matter?!
If you were back in your country of origin, it could matter seeing as how you'd be executed if found out. As a native Greenlander, we welcome all types of people. Straight, gay, black, red, eskimo, Walrus-Man, Man-Walrus, etc.
shareThanks Moonglum9, I agree with your sentiment....but I’m perfectly safe; it saddens me that so many people around the world are persecuted for their gender status, life choices and sexual preferences...totally unnecessary, especially in our day and age.
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It wouldn’t matter to me if you’re an Arab lesbian, but that just got me thinking.. it must be particularly difficult to be an Arab lesbian.
I have travelled to some predominantly Arab countries and from what I’ve gleaned “pederasty” is quite common.
The women stay at home and only have sex with their husbands. The men are free to have sex with male youths and male/female prostitutes and that’s all normal and accepted provided they have the means.
Indeed! There are some shocking double (even triple) standards worldwide...mostly women are held back/cast down and the like, but also the taboos of homosexuality and such.
Cultural, religious, societal and historical ideologies, pressures and frameworks are very complex aren’t they!
I’ve just been watching a documentary series on Netflix which drops some interesting facts on different cultures with regards sexuality etc. around the world.
It’s a quick binge watch, nothing too heavy if anyone is interested:
Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World