Chandler, this total stranger of a man is misgendering your own child to your face!! He is abusing you. You, we all have a right, actually a duty to defend ourselves. Reply calmly but always decidedly using your child's biological pronouns and name. Ignore their reaction. Act exactly as if there was no ideology out there. Whatever they …
Chandler, this total stranger of a man is misgendering your own child to your face!! He is abusing you. You, we all have a right, actually a duty to defend ourselves. Reply calmly but always decidedly using your child's biological pronouns and name. Ignore their reaction. Act exactly as if there was no ideology out there. Whatever they will say, don't hesitate, don't show feelings. If necessary keep silent but keep on staring at them. Don't look away. All of you, don't back down.
I would rather they went at me in whatever fury than as a mother to give in to fear. I might otherwise regret it in my older days.
Chandler, this total stranger of a man is misgendering your own child to your face!! He is abusing you. You, we all have a right, actually a duty to defend ourselves. Reply calmly but always decidedly using your child's biological pronouns and name. Ignore their reaction. Act exactly as if there was no ideology out there. Whatever they will say, don't hesitate, don't show feelings. If necessary keep silent but keep on staring at them. Don't look away. All of you, don't back down.
I would rather they went at me in whatever fury than as a mother to give in to fear. I might otherwise regret it in my older days.