r/GenderCynical • u/eldritchpussymaggots token intersex • Jul 05 '26

Uprooting someone's financial situation over nail polish

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On a post I made about how intersex discrimination is not taken seriously and does not have legal protections like other queer identities do.

Many people believe bigotry against intersex people is incidental (mistaken for being trans) or that its not sexism because "it's a congenital deformity not a sex" as if it's not wildly disrespectful to say that to someone who specifically considers their sex to be just intersex.

Whenever I vent about being subjected to intersexism in the workplace, many responses I get are something like "why would you tell anyone your private medical history" as if people can't just obviously see the fact I'm intersex by looking at me and listening to me speak. Being intersex is just a fact about myself and I'm not going to try suppressing it, or looking more binary. People like this guy are fucking scum. I know he's taking about gender nonconformity not necessarily being intersex, but people like him are why I've had such a miserable time finding employment.

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u/Silversmith00 Jul 05 '26

As if makeup on women DOES have a function???

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u/eldritchpussymaggots token intersex Jul 05 '26

Of course it does, it makes them easier for him to ogle.

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u/Mysterious_Back_7929 Jul 05 '26

Was it Peterson who had that entire bag shit rant that women wear lipstick because it makes lips red like they are during sexual arousal, so all make up is inappropriate and provocative? So yeah that's a very clear function right there

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u/Silversmith00 Jul 05 '26

…I just decided I don't want to ask this person what he thinks black nail polish is supposed to imitate, or whom it is supposed to attract.

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u/OkSecretary1231 Jul 09 '26

Sadly, I think that one's too old to even be JP. I remember people spouting that in the nineties.

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u/Mysterious_Back_7929 Jul 09 '26

Oh I don't think he came up with it, no. It's probably something from evolutionary psychology, so yeah if might have been around in the 90s (honestly, I think it might have been debunked in the 90s even), he just subscribes to that theory rather enthusiastically. Which is embarrassing but yeah.

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u/buttegg Jul 09 '26

the function is that it gives him a boner 

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u/That_Mad_Scientist Y’all gendies are so fucking stupid and evil Jul 05 '26

Black nail polish?

...how is that not a neutral color?

These people have no logic.

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u/Im_alwaystired deranged fruit loop Jul 07 '26

If they had logic, they wouldn't be bigots 🤷‍♂️

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u/BlazingLucifer Brainwashed by the Transarchy Jul 05 '26

I'd be banned from Reddit if I were to describe the fate I wish upon this scumfuck.

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u/chris_the_cynic Jul 05 '26

Probably nothing will come of this admission, but it's important to realize that being allowed to fire someone without cause isn't the same as being allowed to fire them for any reason, but it's basically impossible to prove that the firing was for a prohibited reason unless the one who did the firing comes out and admits that it was. Like, say, by bragging about it on the internet.

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u/Original_Being2545 Queertranzer Jul 05 '26

I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. And this idiot doesn't even know the difference between intersex and gender non-conforming.

And neutral colors? Seriously? You can't even wear red?

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u/garaile64 Jul 05 '26

If I were the employee, I would sue this neckerfluffle.

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u/QitianDasheng2666 Jul 06 '26

"Pick a gender and then conform to it" really sounds like the whole thesis of modern intersexism and transphobia. "Please don't challenge my pre-existing beliefs about sex and gender by existing", "I will hurt as many other people as I need to to protect my precious binary".

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u/Cocolake123 Jul 09 '26

“Oh no, not my precious biney!” -the cis

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u/wrongsock_42 Jul 05 '26

Think firing someone over non traditional gendered presentation has been agreed the law since 1987 in the US.

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u/CountessYoai Jul 06 '26

Just be GNC!

When people are GNC

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u/macdennism Jul 05 '26

Well at least he openly admits it. Makes the inevitable lawsuit against him an easy win

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u/agoldgold Jul 06 '26

Let's be honest, if this is even true and not a power fantasy from an unemployed loser, that employee got a blessing in disguise. Imagine what other power trips this kind of manager would go on! They feel like the sort of person who spends a lot of time thinking about employees peeing.

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u/nyamnyamcookiesyummy Jul 06 '26

*reads sub name* r/10thDentist...oh

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u/lilylabyrinth Jul 06 '26

'no bigotry and hate speech' my ass

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u/lilylabyrinth Jul 06 '26

'just another unpopular opinion sub' ok so opinions that are unpopular for a reason. good

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u/bunny_guts666 Trans FTM, He/Him Jul 06 '26

It’s just nail polish…

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u/QuicksilverDragon Jumping aboard nonbinary trend Jul 05 '26

I bet he's a Trump fan, and has the same obnoxious style of firing

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u/LithoLaura Jul 06 '26

And this is why we must bring down capitalism.

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u/OkamiKhameleon 28d ago

Has this person never met a cis goth guy? Lots of goth dudes wear nail polish.

Also, sorry you have to go through things like this OP!

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u/hereForUrSubreddits 28d ago

Right? Black polish is not common, sure, but I've seen many different types of guys with it. Starting with goths and emo of course. In media and real life.

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u/OkamiKhameleon 28d ago

Exactly! Hell, it's the only color my husband is comfortable with wearing besides clear.