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i feel like i have to post this article once a quarter because other trans people won’t stop repeating bigoted tropes

On “Male Socialization” and the “Trans Masc Versus Trans Fem” Discourse™

juliaserano.substack.com

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Anonymous 6w

Thank you for posting this. I have felt very upset and frustrated by this perceived "doom-loop" the author speaks of, and it's at the very least comforting to read someone else acknowledging it without just straight up being mean to at least one group of people

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Anonymous 6w

yes this article isnt perfect etc etc but it addresses this specific issue in a very understandable and direct way.

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Anonymous 6w

julia Serano my GOAT

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Anonymous 6w

There are valid points in that article but it literally has nothing to do with me saying that trans women were socialized in similar ways as other males. It’s not repeating a bigoted trope, and I’m not weaponizing it against trans people, I’m literally just pointing out that if you are perceived as male then that affects other perception of you, the privilege you have, etc. That’s literally all I’m saying and only one person has used an effective argument against that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Which does bring up nuance but doesn’t 100% disregard trans women having been socialized as male in some way.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

And no I’m not saying everyone’s experience is the same. I’m saying there are similarities in cis boys’ upbringing to trans girls’ upbringing (as well as later on).

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

As much of a leftist as I am the left really is ignorant in certain ways and this is one of them

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

there…. there REALLY isn’t much.

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