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Don’t “sir” me.

Started by Natasha, December 18, 2010, 12:59:01 AM

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Natasha

December 18, 2010, 12:59:01 AM
Don't "sir" me.

http://alexthesane.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/dont-sir-me/
12/18/10

It bothers me because it reminds me of how much people project onto me that's not mine. I can't leave my house without assumptions being made. I am invisible, you can't see me under all the assumptions you're making. I'm not saying that every stranger I pass in the hallway and barista who hands me a tea is going to ask me questions about who I am, that would be it's own kind of hell. But none of these people are in the least bit shy about the answers they think they already have. It's built into their way of interacting socially. And it's smothering me.
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