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[–] 61 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Isn’t this chick, like, not trans at all? I don’t get why shes being dragged into this culture war insanity, unless I’m wrong.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago

    Because people are way, way worse at spotting trans people than they think they are. And they’re really bad at statistics.

    Cis women are literally half the population, so even if you assume 95% of cis women look so feminine that nobody could mistake them for male, that still means you’re roughly 10x more likely to run into a ‘masculine looking’ cis woman than a trans woman period, regardless of how masculine or feminine she looks to anyone.

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yes she is cis. Conservatives only care about women in sports as long as they turn them on

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    This isn’t an example of transphobia getting out of hand. This is what it is. Just an excuse to bully people.

    It's gatekeeping femininity. Think — when was the last time a TERF got upset about a cis woman being harassed or beaten-up for using a women's restroom but appearing too butch? Why aren't they upset when trans men (that they think are confused women) get beaten up for using the women's restroom?

    The cruelty is the point.

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