ccunning@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 hours agoIs it offensive for me as a man to dress as a male version of a female fictional character for Halloween?'message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down17
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareIs it offensive for me as a man to dress as a male version of a female fictional character for Halloween?'ccunning@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarePhenlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 hours agoRule of thumb: are you making fun or otherwise mocking someone? are you doing it for any “bad reason” whatsoever? are you doing something that is/was primarily done by others for “bad reasons”, historically? are you doing something that other groups started doing as a replacement for something else that they were not allowed to (that you are)? I’m half asleep so I may have forgotten something but if I didn’t, then answering No to all of those should be the minimum thing you do.
Rule of thumb:
I’m half asleep so I may have forgotten something but if I didn’t, then answering No to all of those should be the minimum thing you do.