I Don't Like Being Called Babe Or Hun By Strangers

Not necessarily. I've been called that by both, men [b][i]and[/i][/b] women.
It isn't that "cut and dried".

That’s... not true

I get called hun by younger women all the time. It is just their habit. It does not make them weaker or inferior nor does it make me weaker or inferior.
Don't sweat the small stuff.

I guess you're not aware of how many women call men "hun" or "babe," huh?
Either way it's kind of a bullshit thing to call anyone you don't know.
But you might want to slow your roll on the 'inferior women' angle.

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It's a term of endearment and says more about the speaker than it ever does about you. NBD.

Are you sure you are not making this a bigger deal than it really is?

I use both of those terms for my male partner occasionally.

ok sweetie 😱 ( oh one he didnt )

Never actually thought about it from that perspective. I can see why you feel that way. I tend to use it in an “endearing" manner though.

American women do this WAY more than guys

I never heard of that!

So what does it mean when the stranger is a [b]woman[/b] saying it ? I agree that it can be condescending, but not always sexist.

I think it's a weird habit to call strangers by such things.

In the southeast it is common even among females. Hun, sweetie, darling... I've been called all of the above by random females.

I've been called hun by women.