What does it mean to you when someone says . . . ?

Question

"I don't want to be treated like a woman, or like a man. Just treat me like a person."

If your partner said this to you, what would you take it to mean? Would you react positively or negatively?

Answer 1

I never really understood that line.  I treat every person, man or woman, differently.  There is no one way to treat every person.

Answer 2

I will do everything in my powers to boost there self-esteem. Someone who says this has been treated really bad to say this.

Answer 3

It means "Just give me the respect that I already deserve being a human  " and  I would not refuse , never

Answer 4

I would take it to mean that I had won whatever it was we were arguing about - even though I might not even be aware we had been arguing in the first place.

Doesnt happen very often so I would do my little victory dance and then clean the dishes to make up for it.

However if was someone I didn't know very well I would demand to see a proper ID

Answer 5

Where do I put it then?

Answer 6

If I said it, I would be saying "don't make any hasty judgments about what I can and can't do based on my gender.  I may look like a naive blond, but I'd appreciate if you'd not assume that from the beginning when you meet me."  Then again if you did assume that, I'd prove  you wrong anyway, but it would be nice to not be judged just based on my gender and looks.

Answer 7

I would think that they are a very level headed and reasonable person, and I would react very positively to them.

In my eyes, they see themselves as a human first, and don't look for special treatment according to gender - male or female.

Answer 8

You can't be treated just as a person. Women and men are treated differently whether they like it or not. It will never change.

Answer 9

It simply means to value, care, and to love someone b/c of who they are.  Not just there gender.

Who you are, or kendrick(:p) is or I am is greater then just the s*x we were born as.   Our gender is just a part of us, a very small part of the total package of who we are as a person.

Answer 10

Confused, on first place, I would wonder "what is He trying to say me?"... However, I think He doesn't want to be treated in a traditional way, and since I don't base my expectatives on people’s gender, my question still being the same "what are you talking about?"

Answer 11

I would respect that.  I would probably as a lot of questions so that I could clarify his definition of what he means.  I would want to treat him how he wants to be treated.  

I think it means that he wouldn't want to live his life living up to the expectations of the world.  Now THAT is low self esteem.

Answer 12

That she wants to be the one to shove the 60 pound carry-on into the overhead compartment while I and the 25 people she's blocking watch.

Answer 13

It would mean that I have chose the wrong partner...I desire a man that is a man, and wishes to be treated as such.

Answer 14

I would react positively. I would take it to mean exactly what it says, that they want to be treated like a normal human being. It's not rocket science. I treat my male and female friends just the same (well not all exactly the same, because they're all different, but gender doesn't come into it).

Answer 15

which means don't look at me for my gender, but treat me with respect as a person.

Answer 16

Omg! if a lover/husband would say that to me I will be crushed for I am always a woman  to him. At work I am a person, doing my job and when I hire handy men to do works for my house etc.etc.I am a person.   In other words I want to be respected as a person and as a woman.

Answer 17

I think they just want to be admired for their qualities which are not seen as more admirable in one s*x or the other.  Like strength, courage and intelligence.

Answer 18

it means dont treat me like c**p...i would take it in a positive way.

Answer 19

It means that they don't want to be seen for what stereotypes certain genders have. They just want to be seen for who they are and what they stand for.

I like that quote.

Answer 20

It means that they are uncomfortable will gender roles and gender expectations.  They might be feeling pressure to fufill their own gender role and just want to be treated as an individual that will act as their own judgement dictates, and not the judgements of others.

Answer 21

tisk tisk Kendrick... you dirty devil

to answer... I would drop dead and wonder what I did??? my hubby is a fairly laid back guy and I will probably never hear these words out of his mouth. But if I did I would try to console him and ask what sparked this feeling, to be honest I think that the idea of being treated as a person unrelated to s*x is kinda emo... I question the intention of such sentiment because we all know its not ganna happen, 100% realistically of course.