Yeah, but society at large has issues with exceptional gender expressions.

Cis people can struggle with their own gender identity when other cis people force expectations onto them.

The difference is that cis people don’t have to assert a gender different from what they were assigned at birth.

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I’m literally not but you clearly have no interest in understanding the words I wrote, so I’ll just drop it.

practically everybody has been told to behave differently because “boys do X” or “girls do Y”.

I wish people would leave me the fuck alone when they think I’m not being a man correctly.

This is what I mean by ‘on a surface level.’

Oppositional sexism demands that those born in male bodies do masculine things, and those born in female bodies do feminine things. In other words it demands that everybody, not just those who are trans, conform to socially expected performances of gender.

However, cis people are afforded the security in feeling that their birth gender is the one that is ‘correct’ for them.

Cis people largely feel gender entitlement (projecting one’s own perception of gender onto other people, and privileging those perceptions over the way others understand themselves), hence:

A lot of people don’t really care much about what their gender is

Trans people do not get this privilege. Trans people face the same oppositional sexism that cis people do (that all people that exhibit exceptional gender expressions do), as well as having to face cis people’s gender entitlement being pushed onto them.

All this to say the joke is that the subject of the meme is in denial about their transness, and they are assuming that everybody feels the same way. The meme is a transfem centered meme- cis people may not get the joke; however many people DO care about their gender identity, but some identities are privileged over others.

On a surface level, sure, but most cis people never really have to grapple much with their gender identity.

FWIW some people do report their anger and “competitive spirit” becomes less intense after going on HRT for a while. As well as other emotions becoming more intense and more “vibrant.”

From my own experience, I definitely feel a bit more chill. I don’t get aggravated as quickly, and when I do, it doesn’t feel as intense or “hot” as it used to. This could be more that I don’t have as big a hypothetical thorn in my side anymore from alleviating a bit of my dysphoria however. I do cry more easily now, and it feels a bit different when my emotions boil over to that point. It’s more… even? Like the feelings are wider and more gradual or gentle instead of narrow and pointed and intense. Kind of an abstract way to put it I guess but that’s how I visualize them.

You seem well meaning, but this feels dismissive and op specifically requested engagement from transfemmes on hrt.

I have no idea how you got any of that from what I said.

Disagree silently if you must disagree, but don’t be argumentative.

Our existence and rights are not up for debate.

just gonna repeat this because it seems like you didn’t see it

Wanna know how to make sure trans people don’t attack you when you (assuming in good faith) “just ask questions?” Don’t be argumentative when they tell you something contrary to your preexisting beliefs.

It’s pattern recognition as a survival strategy.

You’re talking to someone part of a vulnerable and marginalized minority group, they’re going to be on edge because of so many people that treat us like shit or literally want us dead.

Wanna know how to make sure trans people don’t attack you when you (assuming in good faith) “just ask questions?” Don’t be argumentative when they tell you something contrary to your preexisting beliefs.

eat shit

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I didn’t know of this term “bioessentialism,” but thanks to you, I’ve just looked it up.

yeah i sure fucking hope you did, i linked an article.

I’m gonna be real, looking through your account, you seem like a bioessentialist. Potentially a terf, though one that hides it well.

Some of the things you’ve said are rooted in bioessentialism and come off as very backhanded which I’m assuming set off the other commenter’s alarm bells. Quit the act or educate yourself from a trans positive feminist angle, whichever fits your role better.

for anyone that happens to read this and feels lost, here is a good place to start with what bioessentialism is and why it’s linked to terfs.

If you’re into engine-builders, i recommend wingspan as it has super comfy vibes. There’s also parkitect if you like management sims/roller coaster tycoon; alternatively there’s also just open RCT2.

It’s not a take, it’s straight transphobia.

https://youtu.be/aNH6y_OiHCg?si=xIBjFiGIHwe2nYuu

If it walks like a lib…

So Hamas is ideologically perfect and cannot be criticized in your eyes?

“Yeah that’s not what I said.” Do you understand what the ‘critical’ in ‘critical support’ means?

Also, Hamas is explicitly not fighting for queer rights. This is an objectively false statement, though I will openly embrace evidence to the contrary.

“Yeah that’s not what I said.”

I know Hamas is not explicitly fighting for queer rights, they’re fighting for the lives of all Palestinian people. They are explicitly freedom fighters.

On the other hand, the IDF is indescriminately killing any and all Palestinian people, queer or otherwise.

Why do you libs think queer people can’t come to their own conclusions about this?

Then i can only infer you’re infantilizing palestinian queer people. The idf is not giving them a choice. Hamas at least fights for their right to live in their own territory.

Do you think there’s no existing queer people in Palestine?

Well I’d be concerned if you didn’t condemn the force committing genocide and blaming it on freedom fighters while feeding the gullible western liberals straight propaganda.