I remember reading from an article about makeup that said that research says women’s lips are more dark than men’s and that they have distinctive lines on their face(?), so makeup typically highlights those features to look more feminine and “attractive”. I suppose it’s a weird biological/societal thing, bc I feel like I unconsciously gender people arbitrarily based on certain facial features/body types even though I don’t believe in gendering people at first glance in the first place… better off we just say “hey you” instead of ma’am or sir imo.
*I don’t think we should gender people with ma’am or sir bc people can still be any gender despite “not looking like it”
I honestly don’t know. I think some people are just a bit thick. And/or think that anyone who doesn’t fit their narrow category of manly man is girly enough to be called female. And/or gender diversity is usually not taught in schools and for some people, that’s the only time they bothered to learn anything.
Oh geez that’s me! Shaved head, all men’s clothes, facial hair – what the hell makes me a ma’am to everybody?
Usually it’s my voice or smile that gets me “ma’am”ed, even if I’m wearing a vest, tie & suit from the men’s section.
I’m bald with a goatee, born male and i still get ma’amed
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I remember reading from an article about makeup that said that research says women’s lips are more dark than men’s and that they have distinctive lines on their face(?), so makeup typically highlights those features to look more feminine and “attractive”. I suppose it’s a weird biological/societal thing, bc I feel like I unconsciously gender people arbitrarily based on certain facial features/body types even though I don’t believe in gendering people at first glance in the first place… better off we just say “hey you” instead of ma’am or sir imo.
*I don’t think we should gender people with ma’am or sir bc people can still be any gender despite “not looking like it”
I honestly don’t know. I think some people are just a bit thick. And/or think that anyone who doesn’t fit their narrow category of manly man is girly enough to be called female. And/or gender diversity is usually not taught in schools and for some people, that’s the only time they bothered to learn anything.
Oh geez that’s me! Shaved head, all men’s clothes, facial hair – what the hell makes me a ma’am to everybody?
Usually it’s my voice or smile that gets me “ma’am”ed, even if I’m wearing a vest, tie & suit from the men’s section.
I’m bald with a goatee, born male and i still get ma’amed