Seriously, though, a lot of people don't exactly know what treating someone with respect and dignity looks like when it comes to...
“you should treat her like you would treat another guy! a guy that you found incredibly hot for some reason!”
dat ‘90s promise that it’s not only okay but grrrrreat to welcome girls to guy stuff cause then they’ll be as good and worthy as guys but you can fuck them too
(that in retrospect was obviously subliminated gay issues THANKS Dan Savage)
(I mean, honestly, thanks, ‘90s “Hey, Faggot” Dan Savage* for trying, for making the case and for making it happen, those were a good few years)
* the reference is in the ‘90s Savage required (or edited) all letters to begin with the salutation “Hey, Faggot”, which was his original idea for the column title before “Savage Love”.
Which maybe inspired the “Ask a Mexican!” column that Gustavo Arellano just lost copyright to when he resigned rather than fire his staff under OC Weekly budget cuts
alt-weeklies!