Being read
Comments (3) One of my roommates came up to me the other day and said, “Hey, I was at target and the woman running the register was trans!”
I, trying to figure out how to respond to that, said, “Well, how did you know?”
“I mean, you could tell from her facial structure.”
I paused, trying to pinpoint exactly why this conversation was making me uncomfortable. “OK, but can’t women have different facial structures?”
She tried to brush it off, saying, “Yeah, but you can tell…”
I was feeling really uncomfortable at this point, and really didn’t want to keep going down this road. I ended things by making sure she understood at least part of what was going on. “You know you should never say you think someone’s trans, right? Because if they are, they’ll be upset that you realized it, and if they’re not, they’ll be upset you think they are.”
Themocracy