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UI understand and fully support women excelling in their fields. However, in this particular instance, what exactly do you expect OP to do? Should they start asking everyone’s gender before replying?
In school, I was taught that when addressing a letter, it’s better to use “Sir” as the honorific unless you know the recipient is female. This practice is not meant to insult women. According to a 2023 article in The Economic Times, the sex ratio among lawyers is 20:3. This means that the probability of a lawyer being male is six times higher than that of being female.
I do agree that small actions contribute to larger change. However, this was not the right moment to “school” OP. My reasons are as follows:
1. OP has more urgent issues to address at the moment. This might lead them to overlook your comment, or in the worst-case scenario, it could cause them to lose interest in the broader message of feminism.
2. While my reply might seem absurd or unwarranted for what was a simple comment about not assuming gender, your comment felt similarly unwarranted in this particular context.
With that said, I’m aware that what I’ve written may face resistance, but I don’t wish to prolong this debate. I hope you have a great day, ma’am/sir!
