#like this is also transmisogyny
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I want to be able to discuss transmisogyny, both to be able to defend myself against it and to help other transfems suffering from it. But if the person talking about it goes out of their way to frame trans men as inherently more privileged than women, or dismiss transandrophobia, then- i have to be weary.
How can I trust that you're being accurate about the bigotry you experience, when you are being dismissive of the bigotry fellow trans people experience?
Truth is that transmasc people suffer a unique blend of transphobia, one that insists they are women and then enacts misogyny upon them based on that assertion. This is transandrophobia. Why shouldn't transmasc people be able to use this label to correctly identify their struggles, as we transfem people use transmisogyny to correctly identify ours?
#DISCLAIMER: I say “person” because i dont want to generalize and say “women” because there's likely non women who do this#and i add this disclaimer because ive seen a lot of trans women complaining about degenderization. so there.#a few examples i remember of this dismissal of transandrophobia was from trans women. but obv its not universal and not only transfems do i#2. i truly dont know if trans men are privileged over trans women.#but in any case its like. we're all opressed for being trans#and even within one label we are oppressed in different ways based on our appearance#what gender people assume we are#not to mention how skin color factors into this#so yeah please lets discuss transmisogyny. But lets also not dismiss other types of discrimination
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The thing with reclaiming things for oneself is that it's not always inconsequential and comforting than it seems. I mean femboy, for an example, may seems appealing to some to claim as without the social context it come from which will be attached to it no matter if the person who identify as such like it or not. I mean, even if the word may seems like it describes someone who's perceivable as feminine while identifying as masculine, it was still coined as a reductive, defeatist and fetishizing term targeted at people who can achieve a rather specific, based off fiction, more often than not, idealised aesthetic. There's reasons why people avoid calling themselves and others shemales or traps, rebranding it won't make it much different.
#truth to be told i'm way more baffled at tmes doing that like...ok so you identify as backhanded tongue in cheek transmisogyny? interesting#when tma do that im like ok i see you and i get the idea of self preserving by eating crumbs of backhanded validation from oppressors#but it's kind of primordial to just set boundaries otherwise it's easy to fall in the rabbit hole of self depreciation#and to recognize that people wanting to stay out of it aren't cringe and their hostility may be earned but they're not inherently enemies#at the end of the day it's kind of a “you do you” kind of thing but remains that words have meaning and connotations#so it's normal to react in accordance#it's all fun to let people have fun but when the fun is feminity served as an aesthetic that's only valid if fuckable or a joke if not is uh#but at the same time isn't there a more feminine experience than having your value as a person in society reduced to your fuckability#so yea...i mean some people do call themselves bimbos also#but with thick skin and some self awareness to an extend why not...just don't beg for validation over it
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I haven't played TF2 since middle school (2009~) but seeing the comics posted has affirmed in my brain that Scout is a trans woman who's getting ready to come out. Like I'm sorry that's a milf haircut if I've ever seen one and even if it's supposed to be "haha scout just like his mom!!!!" I don't care. She's trans. She takes e. I make the rules. Fuck you
#like you cant tell me estrogen isnt currently saving her but she isnt ready to come out#because she is.#also i love saying “i make the rules” instead of “i dont make the rules.” same message but way firmer#plus it throws off anyone who wants to argue in bad faith (transmisogyny) and makes them double down on their anger!#and so they make q whole fool of themselves. i love it#...maybe i should bring this up to my therapist soon.#oh well#tf2#tf2 scout#trans#transgender#trans femme#trans feminine#trans feminism#trans woman#lgbtq#lgbtqia#el gibbity
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