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it's both wild and awesome that people actually want to be so masc (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Personally I don't think there's much to 'get'. They don't want to be men, they are men. And that doesn't have to mean toxic and sexist and a bigot. Not all men lol.

Side note: something funny I've noticed is that transmascs get the exact same "you'll never be a woman" / "you'll always be man" comments from people on mainstream social media. Makes it really look like it's actually all just bots getting triggered by the word "trans". But they've only been programmed to shit on trans women, so all they do when it comes to trans men is give them affirmation.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    True. My wording was framed from my own point of view where presenting/acting male was something I performed and despised. I apologise for any trans mascs if it felt like I was saying you’re not men.

    Even the ones who aren’t bots just rarely think of trans mascs. So they probably hear trans and think the person must be trans femme. Is that ewwphoric to hear when they say you’ll always be a man?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    Honestly I'm sure it's still shit to have people / bots coming along to try and bring you down, even if they get it wrong and you can have a laugh about it afterwards. But these people's dumb comments will usually get posted for everyone to laugh at the dumb bigots who can "always tell".

    I really can't speak for someone else's feelings but that sounds like a kind of ewwphoria to me. Turning attempts at bigotry into a celebration.

    Even the ones who aren’t bots just rarely think of trans mascs

    Yep. It's all rooted in a type of misogyny. I think 95% of the anti trans crowd are men who think washing their own asses is gay, and who are absolutely terrified of finding a trans woman attractive. To the point that half the time now, they can't interact with any women without trying to transvestigate or some shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I believe its because they don't believe being trans is real, and so they think anyone who is trans is just a pervert cause the only reason they can think anyone would want to be a woman is to perv on women. Its at the end of the day misogyny. Because of this I don't think they even realize trans men even exist, cause it doesnt fit their misogynistic ideas of men and women. To them, women cant be pervs so there is no reason why someone they see as a woman would want to be seen as a man. Even if they do know of trans men, I don't think they see it as problematic (or at least as severely so) because of their misogynism.

    However, this is all just my thoughts on it, and also very much a generalization. Even if I am right, it is very likely there are transphobes that this doesnt apply to.

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