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[–]MarkTwainiac 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Huh? I never said any of these guys were "trans".

I am not mocking, insulting, hurting or being cruel to you. My guess is that this is the case for most of the people you encounter in your life.

Maybe there are people you know who have it in for you. Which is really too bad. But amongst those of us who are strangers, no one is out to get you, do you harm and cause you pain. The whole world isn't looking at you and judging you. Most people you come across in your daily life probably hardly notice you. That's how it is for everyone.

if I wasn’t male my life would be so much better in every way.

Nah, mate. If you were female, you'd have a whole different set of problems. The grass isn't always greener...

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It is impossible to say whether or not someone’s life would be better in a different set of circumstances, excepting situations where people are already in the worst possible situation imaginable.

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Huh? I never said any of these guys were "trans".

Then they aren’t relevant to the discussion. Comparing a few not super masculine cis dudes to trans women is false equivalence. It’s pretty easy to be called a man when you don’t have dysphoria I imagine.

I am not mocking, insulting, hurting or being cruel to you. My guess is that this is the case for most of the people you encounter in your life.

You are just wrong. At minimum they know they are choosing to address a trans woman as a man when they could have chosen to just not use gendered address. They choose to harm.

Maybe there are people you know who have it in for you. Which is really too bad. But amongst those of us who are strangers, no one is out to get you, do you harm and cause you pain. The whole world isn't looking at you and judging you. Most people you come across in your daily life probably hardly notice you. That's how it is for everyone.

You have absolutely no concept of what it’s like to be a nonpassing trans woman. Particularly in a red state. Everyone notices you. Everyone. Most are benign enough to just give a judgmental look. Sometimes you get a nod from another queer person, I would kill to be able to walk through a room and have noone pay attention.

Nah, mate. If you were female, you'd have a whole different set of problems. The grass isn't always greener...

In this case it literally is. Certainly natal women on the whole have it harder than cis men and many trans women, but in my case my life would absolutely have been so much better as a natal woman.