Yeah I don’t think people would all laugh, they would help you get back on the chairs as they fear being cold from wet clothes themselves. Those are likely people of all ages.
Gender studies might help us understand why and how though. I’m trans myself, but I do not like gender. Most of the time, gender is not actually what we’re talking about. I try to replace gender with ability, recognition, variance etc. whenever possible and not erasing.
There is this saying ‘people are not islands’ to mean people are interconnected with each other. The literal sense being applied by the last decade and by extension the last semicentennial is weird. The EU is a federation and any country can leave, but I still think Brexit was a mistake.