I Don’t Exist

Sometimes I just get fed up with the assumption that ontologically I don’t exist.  I am tired of reading on various blogs that it is impossible to be a Christian feminist or that women can’t be pastors.  I’m tired of being referred to as “Pastor” Clawson (with pastor always in quotes) or having pastor substituted with “Priestess.”  I understand differences of opinion and proclivities to poor grammar, but somedays I just have to wonder what exactly it is these people think I do.  If my job or worldview technically doesn’t exist in their opinion of how the world works then how do they explain me away?  Do they think I am just deluded? Living in sin? A figment of my own imagination?

Maybe I’m just overreacting to a language issue, but I don’t think some people know how offensive they really are sometimes.  Is this just me or do others encounter these issues as well?