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Are you seriously equating misgendering someone with killing them?

• shard972 7y ago
  Yes
• mthoms 7y ago
  The poster was likely referring to the astronomical rates of suicide among trans people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/14/more-than-half-of-transgender-male-adolescents-attempt-suicide-study-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/1... Obviously, misgendering someone is not likely to be the thing that triggers such an act. But it is part of a pattern of bullying and general disregard that transgendered people face every single day.
  • groby_b 7y ago
    Well, that, and there's an orders-of-magnitude difference in homicides between trans and cis people. (And, of course, it's worst for young, black women). Being openly labelled as transgender significantly increases your risk of being assaulted. That's why misgendering is so insidious - it's stochastic terrorism. The person doing the misgendering can claim that they never meant any violence, but they're still increasing the chance of violence.
    • flippinburgers 7y ago
      Is this a mathematical use of the word stochastic or a soft science use?