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WolfTemmie wrote: MillenaERiver wrote: Glittergemy wrote: MillenaERiver wrote: Glittergemy wrote: OHHHHH i just think frisk is a girl cause Magic baby names says so

and i also thought there were a girl but in my comic no way back their a boy

i have 10 comics frisk is a girl in 3 boy in 3 and genderless 3 and dead in 1 Doing that with their name is like saying because you have short hair you're a boy. Girls can have guy names and guys can have girl names. And nonbinary people can have male names. And they can have female names.

Also, as I said, it's up to personal tradition. Some people see them as female, some as male, some as nonbinary. It's all up to the personn writing about them. For your info im a girl with short hair I am aware. That is why I made that example.

My point was you saying "i just think frisk is a girl cause Magic baby names says so" is implying that because Frisk is seen as a name for girls, they must be female. It is like saying since you have short hair, you must be a boy. It is basing a desicion on a stereotype, and stereotypes can be wrong. I'm a girl who shaved her head for a fundraiser. Girls can have short hair. Just cause someone has short hair doesn't mean they are a boy. If you read what I wrote carefully, you would understand I'm not saying girls can't have short hair. My little sister has had short hair. When I identified as female, I had short hair at one point. I'm fully aware girls can have short hair.

'''My point is, saying "x name is/sounds female so x must be female" is like saying "x has short hair so x must be male". The point is, just because someone's name is seen as female/feminine does not mean they are female/feminine. Just like if someone has short hair, it doesn't mean they are male/masculine.'''

Like and as are used for drawing comparisons. I was drawing comparisons to a point someone expressed to show what they were doing is the same thing they didn't like other people doing.