Conservative woman who likes wearing men’s clothing says how she was misgendered at the mall by a little girl.
The woman explained to the girl it’s fine, being a girl rocks, and if you’re born a girl then you’re a girl.
No indoctrination. Then the woman just went on her way.
“I was misgendered yesterday. A little girl, at the mall, she was maybe five years old, sitting in a wagon, kept staring at me. So I made eye contact, and she said, “Are you a girl or a boy?” Her mom started to go, “Oh my god, we accept everyone, that’s so rude, you can’t say that.” And I laughed and I bent down to her level and I said, “It’s okay, it’s confusing sometimes. I’m a girl, I just really like boy’s clothes, they’re pretty comfy.” She got all excited and she said, “I’m a girl too!” And I gave her a high five. I said, “Isn’t it so great being a girl? I love being a girl.”
She said, “Yeah, that’s my brother. He’s a brother ’cause he’s a boy.” So I said, “You’re right. Brothers are boys, and sisters are girls. There’s only boys and girls. If you’re born a girl, you’re a girl.” I was born a girl. I could almost see the release of air coming from her mother’s body and just the ultimate sigh of relief that I wasn’t going to be indoctrinating her child or teaching her child something that maybe she didn’t want her to know. I continued to talk to the little girl about her brother and her very cute dog who was also a girl.
I said, “I hope you have a great day,” and I went about my business. That is how you address gender to children: you don’t. That is how you empower little girls and let them know that it’s okay to be a girl who dresses however you want, without having to change your gender. That is how you avoid confusing children, especially children that aren’t your own, and projecting your bullshit on them because you might be offended that they used the wrong pronoun.”