I can never get used to female officers being called "sir." It's as jolting as seeing people salute when they're not wearing a hat.
If I had ever dared to address a female commanding officer as sir, I would have got a dressing down. Not that I would ever disrespect anyone like that.
On CASTLE, Penny Johnson Jerald's character insisted on being called sir. That was okay--she gets to choose how she identifies. But on THE ORVILLE it's applied to every female officer--seeimingly without choice. I don't see that as progressive. I see it as regressive--where we default to the male gender for everything. There should be a neutral term of respect--maybe "sage"--"yes, sage."
If, on the one hand, we're saying that people get to choose their pronouns--on the other hand then, isn't addressing everyone as if they were all male disrespecting their gender identity?
I need guidance on this matter. Maybe Adrianne Palicki can help me out.