Like, misgendering tends to be incredibly painful when you are already hurting from not being supported by people who are actually important to you, when you can’t do anything about your body dysphoria, when you’re struggling with yourself, when you’ve only just begun to realize what that pain in your chest meant all your life, etc. etc.

But for most people there comes a point where what a stranger thinks about you has 0.0% emotional impact on you, and misgendering becomes just a reminder of which dipshits to avoids.