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How to handle persistent misgendering from elders

My elderly neighbor keeps misgendering me despite multiple corrections, and I can't tell if it's malicious or just old age, but it hurts either way.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Generational difference becomes indistinguishable from disrespect, making harm's intent irrelevant to its impact.

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