Anonymous #1 14w

* wasn’t even a friend it was a tiktoker

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Anonymous #2 14w

😬 I must have missed that part. That makes it even more confusing to bring up in here

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Anonymous #1 14w

Yeah its never ppl who actually know any trans women who say stuff like this. Its always evidence that they heard online from someone else whos a terf or smth

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Anonymous #4 14w

And im saying that trans women dont go around in real life talking about how they struggle from ovarian problems like OP is claiming, esp cuz it seems like OP never actually talked to the chick they were talking about

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Anonymous OP 14w

What lol there was a trans woman TikTok creator who talked about having menstrual cycle cramps. Not making this up you can search them up because they were stitched several times, like people aren’t saying because it’s not happening it clearly is, you may not have seen it but I have. It’s clearly not as niche issue if people are speaking on it.

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Anonymous #4 14w

One tiktok creator saying something dumb is not a reason to go around saying its a real problem

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Anonymous OP 14w

One is enough; a feather broke the camels back, a snowflake starts avalanche, a voice starts the discourse for change. And if one feels this way there maybe others who feel that way as well but know well and good enough to not vocalize it. It’s not a one off situation, if you don’t want research it that’s your choice. But don’t say it’s one, it’s not. No one is trying to bring them down, just stating facts.

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Anonymous #4 14w

i understand this point completely, but i think the way op phrased things is really iffy. like she said things like i hate when trans women say they can relate to women’s issues and that growing hair “because you are a man” is different from pcos… both implying that trans women aren’t real women. of course trans women can’t have a menstrual cycle because they don’t have ovaries but the conversation in the og post was veering into terf territory.

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Anonymous #4 14w

if this isn’t a problem the vast majority of the time, then bringing it up as if it is is really just perpetuating cis/trans women divide.

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Anonymous #3 14w

Maybe they phrased it wrong, I don’t know it doesn’t look wrong to me, I will admit my ability to discern and tell is not the best so it could’ve been. But also in their responses they’ve been referring to them as women not men. So I don’t know I’m just saying there’s a difference.

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Anonymous #4 14w

it just feels like if this isn’t a widespread problem, the only reason it’s being brought up is to further differentiate trans women and/or make them look bad? bc it’s making it seem like a bigger issue than it actually is. sort of like when men say “i hate when women don’t date under 6’0” like okay, valid, some women on tiktok said they have that preference. but also saying that makes it seem like it’s a huge issue when really the majority of women aren’t that picky.

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Anonymous #3 14w

Precisely. It isnt a big deal only like three trans women have said anything about it, its just one of the terfy talking points used to downplay the legitimacy of trans women. Maybe OP doesnt know that but theyre just falling for classic transmisogynistic rhetoric

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Anonymous #3 14w

i shouldn’t have made the height comparison lol the men are mad about it

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Anonymous #5 14w

Nah ppl speak on all kinda of made up problems they have with trans women thats like the whole thing of transmisogyny

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Anonymous OP 14w

I mean I don’t think it’s a made up issue. Otherwise it can’t be brought up. Like I said things can’t be discussed unless it’s become one, you’d have a reason to feel some way about things. Sure their wording can be better but simply based on the initial post about PCOS and endo they are correct. I’m sure they initially meant no harm. But 2 things can be true at once

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