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Old Feb 26, 2013 | 9:05 pm
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Originally Posted by WillCAD
In plainer language, using Tristan Higgins' article as an example - she looks like a guy. She knows she looks like a guy. She is absolutely entitled to that appearance. She is silly to be upset when others are confused by her appearance. If anyone has a problem with who she chooses to be, they can go take a flyin' leap, but confusion over her appearance, prior to clarification, is completely normal and understandable.
Oh, right! Of course! I thought the scanners were there to check for concealed weapons and the like, not to confirm the gender stereotypes of the operators and public at large. My mistake.
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