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loveguts · 3 months ago

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i’m not a transandrophobia truther in the slightest don’t get me wrong, but i think some people on here really need to realize and comprehend the fact that cis women, way WAY more often than not, hold extremely significant social and political power over trans men the vast majority of the time in our day to day lives

#sorry not to get on this bullshit i just saw a related post when i opened this app lmao #and by some people i don’t mean anyone in particular im not vagueing anyone or any specific post #and i especially don’t mean any transfem calling out transmisogynistic transmascs either #but yeah i see a lot of implication that trans men are like. somehow significantly privileged over cis women #and ofc i don’t mean that transmascs are incapable of being misogynistic to cis women bc that’s far from the case #but i need someone to name a transmasc with significant political or social or financial power that’s working to set back women’s rights #versus the amount of cis women with any of the aforementioned privileges working to take away the rights of trans people #bc i can think of 4 of the latter just off the top of my head without trying really hard #and the only day to day instance i can think of where trans men would hold significant power over a cis woman is like..#a workplace environment where he completely passes as cis and absolutely no one knows he’s trans at all or even suspects it #but then again most if not all of that privilege would be stripped away the second anyone there found out he was trans #but yeah i really do think some people need to grapple with how they conceptualize gendered privilege and their own power in these dynamics #and how that’s reflected in the way they think about/interact with transmascs #are you disgusted with this random transmasc on tumblr because he’s a man (or vaguely adjacent) or because he’s trans. ykwim #and again i hate the whole transandrophobia thing i think it’s stupid as shit and redundant to put it lightly and briefly but #idk why transmascs that believe in it have become the new face of anti-feminism and MRA movements #and not like. the cis men who started both of those things and contribute to the vast majority of that type of rhetoric in every way #and also hold enough power to leverage those beliefs over both women and also transmascs tbh #i think some people are just repulsed by the idea of anyone willingly wanting to be a man bc they see it as the same as becoming a cis man #in terms of privilege. when in reality by being trans you’re knocked down in terms of power and privilege from all cis people anyways #but also. some people also need to realize that transmascs can also have trauma and complicated feelings about being a man and patriarchy #and more often than not we ARE traumatized by the way cis men (and women!!) have treated us #and grapple with our place in the world as a result. it’s not just as simple as becoming a cis man over night tbh!!#and again i’m not talking about transfems with any of this because the vast Vast majority of transfems understand this more than anyone #i’m mostly talking about cis women both irl and also just in the terminally online leftist sphere #and i also think i should be allowed to vent my grievances with the power cis women often do wield over me without being accused of being a #raging misogynist or MRA or whatever

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