Yeah that was more my point. If Dude is to become contentious and it's not to be identified as unisex, then so be it.
It hasn't been a sex specific pronoun for me in Australia or in the UK where I use to live. As you said, I don't think anyone here was being intentionally rude.
It hasn't been a sex specific pronoun for me in Australia or in the UK where I use to live. As you said, I don't think anyone here was being intentionally rude.