Hmm. So obviously people/bosses should be kind and respectful to their employees. Though I could see the argument being made that "if somebody doesn't believe people can actually change their gender, should they be legally forced to change their mind on it?"
If the boss just was honest and said "look, I personally don't think you are actually a male and that's why I say 'she'" would that make them an evil bigot?
Kinda. Especially if, yeah, one is still being a dick and using the wrong pronouns. Also, requiring people to use the proper pronoun would not be 'forcing them to change their mind on it'.
Let's push the hypothetical to extremes.
Let's say somebody prefers to be addressed as Doctor, even though they aren't a doctor and never got a PhD. Are you being a dick if you refuse to do that?
This is such a stupid comparison. Stop trying to find excuses to misgender people.
This. Those are not the same at all. There's always this 'let's push this to ridiculous extremes because that will invalidate EVERYTHING!' when it generally doesn't. And often, like here, the 'extremes' are ridiculous or not even the same issue.
I never claimed they are the same, please see post #137 if you are confused. ---