You should try your best. If you fail, and you make someone uncomfortable, then everything that happens after that is based on your reaction to being informed of it.
Do you think the other person is full of shit? that they're out to get you? That there's far too much coddling of women and minorities in the world today?
Or are you honestly trying to do the right thing?
Here's two examples. Wadhwa met his criticism by saying that over sensitive feminists are hurting themselves and other women, that they're out to get him and stuff about slander.
That ESA engineer with the South Park t-shirt made an honest apology and probably made a lot of new friends.
Do you think the other person is full of shit? that they're out to get you? That there's far too much coddling of women and minorities in the world today?
Or are you honestly trying to do the right thing?
Here's two examples. Wadhwa met his criticism by saying that over sensitive feminists are hurting themselves and other women, that they're out to get him and stuff about slander.
That ESA engineer with the South Park t-shirt made an honest apology and probably made a lot of new friends.