ccunning@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 22 days agoIs it offensive for me as a man to dress as a male version of a female fictional character for Halloween?'message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down121
arrow-up182arrow-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 · 22 days agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squarePhen@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up84arrow-down6·22 days 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.