#all sexism is an inextricable part of transphobia. transmisogyny is based in sexism against women AND against men | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

trans-androgyne · 2 months

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Misogyny and sexism are not and never have been synonyms. That’s not all of what’s meant by sexism. Literally just take two minutes to look up the term. It’s prejudice or discrimination against people on the basis of their sex (often expanded to include their gender). Plenty of them make sure to specify that it can affect men.

Here’s an example of its use from APA: “We define sexism as individuals' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, and organizational, institutional, and cultural practices that either reflect negative evaluations of individuals based on their gender or support unequal status of women and men…it is important to acknowledge all levels of analyses are intertwined and both women and men experience sexism.”

#yeah they always specify it’s usually against women because it usually is we live under patriarchy!!#but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t affect other genders/sexes?#sexism requires making assumptions about how people amab and people afab should act — assumed to mean men and women respectively—& as such #all sexism is an inextricable part of transphobia. transmisogyny is based in sexism against women AND against men #people considered men EVEN IF THEY ARE MEN experience sexism when they receive prejudice and discrimination for #wearing ‘women’s clothes’ or otherwise presenting femininely or just have any traits not considered to match their sex/gender #people have been dismissing the idea of ‘misandry’ affecting trans women but. it was from my trans woman gf that I learned it does #transandrophobia #transmisogyny #exorsexism #transphobia #intracommunity issues tag #transfeminism #sexism #rb #queue

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