#dont let the narratives pushed by transphobes control the way we view gender relations

[namethatghostling]

theres been some really good writing by trans men and mascs about the unique level of vitriol they experience from cis women upon their transition, which means theres really no excuse for so many people to keep writing off this form of transphobia as women feeling Betrayed by the loss of a perceived woman exiting their shared gender, a theory that really only works if you take the words of radfems and other cis female transphobes completely at face value.

like any person thats been the gnc or Weird girl at any point knows from experience that cis women and girls learn from a young age that they can marginally improve their standing in the cishetero patriarchy by aggressively bullying and ostracizing the girls who dont or cant conform to its rules. cis woman transphobes dont hate trans men because they genuinely see them as traitors to feminism who chose to become men. they dont see them as men at all. they see them as failed women at best and a sort of non-person at worst, lower on the gender hierarchy and therefor an acceptable punching bag they can use to solidify their own standing on that same hierarchy. which is not-so-coincidentally the same way they view trans women.