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A strong counterargument to the “No” position on misgendering—that is, the view that misgendering is not harmful or not worth addressing—is that accurate gender recognition is a basic form of respect that supports people’s dignity, autonomy, and social belonging, much like using someone’s correct name; repeatedly denying a person’s stated identity communicates that their understanding of themselves is invalid, which research and lived experience both show can contribute to stress, social exclusion, and poorer mental-health outcomes, especially for transgender and nonbinary individuals who already face disproportionate discrimination.
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You are robing your child of their birthrights and their ability to live their life the way God made them to be. If you have the mindset to do something so cruel, how can you be trusted in raising this child in a healthy environment? I believe that parents should lose custody for intentionally misgendering their child.
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Parents shoudnt be allowed to gender there child something else just because they wanted a daughter instead of a son you basically telling your kid we wanted a daughter instead of you
When we repeatedly use the wrong pronouns for someone, the equivalent word in Chinese is "discrimination"."What's behind this gender discrimination?We all know how calling a gay man ladyboy is disrespectful; we also understand why some people don't want their natural gender roles and clothes to be decided by fashion magazines or television broadcasts.Misrepresenting a person is not a matter of personal truth but can have serious consequences for the victim's mental health, sense security from their family community, or respectability in society.If I call you by your right name today, get nothing for it and you don't even remember tomorrow. But if fail to do so then tomorrow you may be getting in trouble all the way instead of me.
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If you had a hobby that you deeply cared about and wanted to go into as a job and your family called you worthless for it and that you should go into an actually "good" career. Would you be happy? Gender is a part that builds you much like a favourite hobby and for someone to reject that is cruel.
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