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MarkS222222222222222 posted...

No that was part of a judgement free thought experiment requested by Dels.

Is it misgendering people if we use the word to refer to ones perceived sex and not their gender?

If they have asked you to use one term and you use another, yes. And as has been pointed out, knowing someone's sex is not surface-level obvious. You have likely encountered transgender people without realizing it. I have an online friend who I thought was this super cis-straight dude before I learned he was a trans man. Pop culture focuses so much on the newly out and those that don't "pass" that we seem to forget there are several who have successfully and fully transitioned who don't stick out in a crowd (not to mention cisgender women who get attacked for appearing too masculine, etc.).

Simply put, you don't know someone's sex by sight (even if you think you do), and we have always emphasized gender as a society.

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