This is why I’ve grown to loathe this trend. I can’t count how many times I’ve been insulted and screamed at for not being a mind reader and automatically knowing someone’s pronouns when they distinctly appear male or female. You want me to respect you? Then be respectful as well.
That’s actually the Men Anonymous prayer (the Possum Lodge motto is, “Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati” [When all else fails, play dead]). And the Men Anonymous prayer goes like this,
“If you make enough to pay rent on an apartment, you make enough to pay a mortgage, Peter.”
Is what I’d like to say, but these days…