r/comics • u/sofiatroni • Aug 28 '26

OC Gender Ew-Phoria [OC]

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u/code_archeologist Aug 28 '26

It depends on geography.

If you are in the Deep South "Sweetheart", "Darling", and "Love" are the equivalent of "Buddy", "Dude", and "Friend"; and are usually harmless with no gendered or objectifying connotations.

Anywhere else, that is some creepster behavior.

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u/AOZ1988 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

Idk about that, I live in the south, and fellow straight men certainly don't like it when I call them Sweetheart, Darling or Love.

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u/AceVisconti Aug 28 '26

Sounds like a personal problem for them lmao

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u/AOZ1988 Aug 28 '26

It is. I once got punched in the face for calling a Texan trucker cutie-patootie.

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u/code_archeologist Aug 28 '26

That's just typical Texas toxic masculinity.

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u/AceVisconti Aug 29 '26

Silly goose behavior on his part.

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u/stephen_neuville Aug 28 '26

Wasn't born there but i spent 27 years in the midsouth and I will always stand up straight and smile if i get hon'd or darlin'd by a lady. Small men get upset about it.