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"transemasculation" you mean you don't think about trans moc. Like. Very fucking obviously.

Hey, tho! You know a word that actually encapsulates all of anti-transmasculinity??? That was made by a trans MOC????

TRANSANDROPHOBIA.

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Transfeminism & Transandrophobia/Transmisandry

You know what, I'm angry about "transemasculation" too.

First, no, outside parties do not get to create terms for marginalized groups they are not part of. That's a HUGE red flag. It's an even bigger red flag when you remember that one of the major problems transmascs deal with is erasure! So not only did an outsider - a trans woman - try to create words for us, she erased the words we came up with for ourselves. It is incredibly patronizing and, frankly, infantilizing - which, surprise surprise, is one of the many prejudices transmascs have to deal with.

Secondly, as many others have said, it enormously flattens and minimizes the true extent of the multiple kinds of oppression transmascs face. It makes the focus "emasculation", as if the primary concern of trans men is other people minimizing our manhood.

I wish.

As any transmasculine person will tell you if you actually talked to one, transmascs face a multitude of intersecting forms of oppression, including but not limited to:

Sexism

Misogyny

Misandry

Racism

Transphobia

Homophobia

Infantilization

Erasure

And more!

And yes, misandry is on that list. Misandry means a hatred of men and masculinity and things associated with men. It does not mean "systemic oppression of men". Misandry becomes a form of oppression when manhood/masculinity intersects with other identities. Feminists of color such as bell hooks and Kimberlé Crenshaw have spoken about this extensively.

It should be common sense for modern feminists to acknowledge that when manhood intersects with transness, it forms a new axis of oppression. This is something any transfeminist should know... if they are speaking in good faith. Unfortunately, that was not what the trans woman who coined the term "transemasculation" was doing. She was not speaking in good faith. She did not want to listen to transmasculine voices, she wanted to silence us.

When a trans man is refused gynecological care because he has an M on his driver's license, that's not emasculation. That's medical transphobia. When a nonbinary transmasculine person is refused a hysterectomy because they might "change their mind" about wanting children, that is not emasculation, that is medical misogyny.

As for misandry: when transmascs are told that testosterone will make us angry and violent, that it will make us ugly, that it will turn us into sexual predators, that is definitely not emasculation. It is misandry. When trans gay men who date cis gay men are described as "predatory cis women trying to force conversion therapy on gay men", that's multiple forms of bigotry including homophobia, transphobia, transmisandry and more. Trans men of color also face misandry in unique forms, and you should go listen to their voices about it.

To reduce all of this to "trans men are mainly concerned with being emasculated" is, honestly, insulting. It is beyond insulting - it is, in fact, transandrophobia.

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Throw me into the New Jersey Pine Barrens and I'll come back pregnant

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on my hands and knees. being "sex positive" is a sociopolitical stance that denotes being in favor of sexual liberation, being "sex favorable" is a personal preference that means liking having sex. same goes for sex negative vs sex averse/repulsed, "sex negative" is the anti liberation social stance and aversion & repulsion are the personal descriptors.

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Cringe culture is dead and I'm watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and honestly?? I'm only eight episodes into the whole series, and I really do like what it does as a kids show with its messaging.

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Y’all, just stop using Shinigami Eyes. TERFs are green, intersex people are red, trans people are red, it’s just not working anymore. I literally had someone bust into my inbox telling me someone was a terf based solely on the fact that her name was red when it turns out she was a staunch anti-radfem and trans herself.

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When loving a vulnerable and marginalized group of people, please remember first and foremost that they are people. They are people, which means they won't be perfect. They'll be unique and individual. In the best ways, and the worst ways. You cannot deny them of their identity or personhood if they start to show they aren't part of that Perfect [Blank] idea you've cooked in your head. Don't convince yourself, either, that these people can do no wrong all because of who they are.

And when propping up their personhood, please don't try to allocate that personhood from a different group of vulnerable and marginalized people.

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Can I come over to your place and gently, quietly honk to myself and make other such noises in the other room

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I have a confession to make. I enjoy the music of imagine dragons, okay? when I hear one of their songs I find it a pleasant experience. I bop my head along like nobody's business. I formed a psychic bond with "demons" in high school when I. uh. performed it as part of a small acappella group (<- digging myself deeper). and the beat after the last note one of my fellow performers passed out and dropped to the floor like a stone while standing center stage. I like the overproduced pounding beat thing they've got going on. I'm sorry. I'm so fucking sorry. may god have mercy on my soul.

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something something both people who coddle men & people who despise men using "men are just like that" to dismiss mens autonomy in their actions

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people who coddle men using it to say that anything a man does is fine bc "men are just like that" and dismissing any accountability

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people who vehemently hate men saying "men are just like that" when a man does something bad (implying that there is no possible way a man could do something positive instead) therefore also dismissing any actual accountability

YES THANK YOU! THIS IS COMPLETELY REMOVING THE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE INDIVIDUAL. we can't hold men accountable for their bad actions if we just shrug it off and say "men are just like that". we HAVE to hold men accountable for when they do things that aren't right. it's the only way to move forward

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