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What is Bubbles' sexual orientation?
Thrillho:
Letting someone call you 'she' or 'miss' does not make you female. Identifying as female makes you female.
Dandi Andi:
I am very confident Bubbles is a woman for one reason: Jeph used "she" and "her" when he posted her profile in 3004. As much affection as Jeph expresses for his characters, I cannot imagine he would misgender her like that in his own comic.
Bubbles's profile in 3004
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 22 May 2018, 13:14 ---Letting someone call you 'she' or 'miss' does not make you female. Identifying as female makes you female.
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Like I said, I know it’s not necessarily proof that she identifies as female. But seriously, how many females do you know who make a point of stating that they are female? The only time I’ve ever heard someone make a point of stating that they were female was a coworker who, to be fair, did not look or act at all feminine, and they were correcting someone who had assumed that they were a man.
Yes, technically, anything is possible. And since we are not there to ask her in person, no one can be 100% certain unless she says one way or another. But if someone appears to be female, unless they make a point of stating that they are not female, particularly if they do not correct anyone who uses female terms for them, it is perfectly reasonable to believe that they are, in fact, female.
A small perverse otter:
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 22 May 2018, 13:46 ---
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 22 May 2018, 13:14 ---Letting someone call you 'she' or 'miss' does not make you female. Identifying as female makes you female.
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Like I said, I know it’s not necessarily proof that she identifies as female. But seriously, how many females do you know who make a point of stating that they are female? The only time I’ve ever heard someone make a point of stating that they were female was a coworker who, to be fair, did not look or act at all feminine, and they were correcting someone who had assumed that they were a man.
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It's an assumption -- a reasonable one, to be sure, but an assumption. OTOH, formal American English is only now moving away from 'he/him' and towards 'they/them' for persons of unknown gender. The NYT Style Guide only made that move last year, I'm pretty sure that the WSJ Style Guide hasn't. I haven't checked AP.
A small perverse otter:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 22 May 2018, 13:14 ---Letting someone call you 'she' or 'miss' does not make you female. Identifying as female makes you female.
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(Apparently, the forum ate my response. Sorry if this is a dupe.)
Yes, that's exactly my point. Bubbles apparently prefers 'she/her' -- but that does not me she identifies as female. Perhaps she's just used to that form of address and has decided it isn't worth fighting that battle on top of everything else.
My point is exactly the one I asked: No one has ever asked her. We assume she's female, but if it's a matter of real interest, perhaps we should, you know, ask her?
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