“Dude” was something I learned as gender neutral from TV very very far from the US southwest. I learned here not to use it as much as I did because it’s really not considered gender neutral by lots of our trans and/or female comrades.
I do wish it was totally gender neutral though. Rocket Power was fuckin cool
It is hit or miss. I have a been with cis women using it for each other. I was on a date with a Trans comrade and I habitually used dude like I would with a cis woman and it was awkward and I had to rethink some stuff
Same. Being an ESL student in the 2000s and picking up words from pop culture, a lot of my vocabulary wasn’t exactly inclusive. Of course I’ve learned since then.
“Dude” was something I learned as gender neutral from TV very very far from the US southwest. I learned here not to use it as much as I did because it’s really not considered gender neutral by lots of our trans and/or female comrades.
I do wish it was totally gender neutral though. Rocket Power was fuckin cool
It is hit or miss. I have a been with cis women using it for each other. I was on a date with a Trans comrade and I habitually used dude like I would with a cis woman and it was awkward and I had to rethink some stuff
Same. Being an ESL student in the 2000s and picking up words from pop culture, a lot of my vocabulary wasn’t exactly inclusive. Of course I’ve learned since then.