@TheLastGreySky making basic decency conditional (such as using correct pronouns) is kinda odd behavior. Do you treat all people like that? And where do you draw the line? Do you think using slurs is fine if someone is an asshole to you? Like are you one of these people who shout the N-word because someone who is a POC was an inconvience to you? Not that different than using the wrong pronouns on someone intentionally for doing something you don't like, given it has severe emotional impact on the person in question, as studies show. And it also highlights how you see trans people in general. Like imagine you have a friend who is trans, and they see you misgender someone for whatever reason. Do you think they'll feel respected if recognition of their gender identity is a conditional transaction and not something that's fundamental to their humanity?
I get what you're saying, but comparing calling someone by their preferred pronouns to calling them a racial slur is just not the same.
IF someone called me a racial slur then I could respond with a racial slur back, but...
I wouldn't want to lower myself to their level.
Respectfully, I don't have to conform.
It's not about "earning" the right to have me call someone by their pronouns. If I misgender you unintentionally... Tell me how that mistake happened? If you have a dog is it male or female and HOW do you know?
I don't know you, and if me not acknowledging your preference is enough to make you not like me, then well shit, you would of been a shallow friend anyway.

It's a win really.
No, the site states that 81% of women have experienced sexual assault or harassment at least once in their lifetime. Not just sexual assault. Sexual assault is not the same as sexual harassment and is typically seen as being more severe. Along with that, you are also blindly trusting statistics. For one, we need to take into consideration volunteer bias. Women who may have experienced sexual assault or harassment in the past might have been more likely to agree to do their survey compared to women who haven't, for example. This can potentially lead to the results of their statistics being skewed. Along with that, men are socialized to respond to things, like sexual assault and harassment, differently from women. This can potentially lead to an underreporting of incidents of sexual assault or harassment experienced by men due.
This isn't to invalidate the statistics you pulled up or anything, but rather to point out the fact that you shouldn't be looking at them at face-value (which is something that even I need to get better at).
I hate to break it to you, but women also have a long history of doing this shit as well. By this logic, most women are also awful because most women also engage in those same behaviours when it comes to cases of SA. That's not even getting into the ways in which women (in the West) who claim to "stand with other female victims" often only mean that in reference to other middle to upper-middle-class cisgender white women. Rich cisgender white women literally decided to steal a movement specifically created to bring more attention to SA in BIPOC communities (aka, the #metoo movement) and made it about themselves instead. Women are generally no better than men when it comes to fighting against SA and supporting SA victims.
There are a few things society doesn't allow us to discuss and as much as I love sanctioned this too isn't the place to discuss
•Female on male abuse.
I've tried to and was told I was victim blaming.
•Politics.
•racism.
I think these issues are hot button issues and only cause division. I'm not saying what you can and can't do I'm just telling you from personal experience, you'll probably end up being labeled a contrarian and invalidated instead of being heard out for representing your experience.
The truth is it's 2025 and to this day if your Caucasian or Caucasian appearing and male you're still not "allowed" to be oppressed under the general consensus of the majority.
I come from New Mexico and I'm Hispanic and white mixed but my skin is Ghost White so, naturally I've endured all kinds of racism towards me. Most people reading this probably think I'm just trying to include myself which is really sad that people to this day don't realize that the majority of classism is under the guise of racism.
They don't see that being poor subjects you to a lot more cruelty than if you were rich.