Not Great, Bob!

A while back my pharmacist saw my deadname on my profile and accidentially called it out, he corrected and deleted my deadname from the system so only my preferred name shows up now. There was a crowd of people behind me, so as he hands over the pills he apologized, in equal tone and volume as when he called my deadname and lied saying it's been a long day and he didn't mean to call out -his own- name. I quietly told him it was fine and he didn't need to do that for my sake.

Is it any wonder that the female crossdresser hesitates to come forward? It would be quite a stigma to be known as the world's first and only woman who gets off on jockey shorts! [...] Until recently (and in many places still today) it was not socially acceptable for a woman to admit ANY of her sexual desires. Women could not comfortably admit that they wanted sex, enjoyed sex, or that they masturbated. While it was "naughty" for boys, girls (we were told) simply "never did" such things! The eroticism women may find in men's clothes has been overlooked because society found it improper to believe such behavior could mean anything sexual to a woman. Our society still is struggling to accept that women DO desire sex and find it pleasurable. It will probably take a long time to accept that some women are sexually stimulated by men's clothes, or by the fantasy of being a man, or of being a man in a woman's arms.

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.