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[–]theory_of_thisan actual straight crossdresser 5 insightful - 6 fun5 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

hey. I do have a problem seeing anybody I identity with in public life. I see people online, with youtube channels and stuff, that I relate to. But nothing quite in "the national life."

It's a thought. Also that there is "public life," "popular fiction and drama" and "regular life."

gnc people are there in regular life, fewer in public life and even fewer in "popular fiction and drama"

And there's gender divisions in that.

It's like that thing though about real life being certainly messier than fiction. Real life, you can walk through a city and see all kinds of things, less so on television.

Also I never quite see my "take" on gender. Is it that idiosyncratic? Maybe. Though often in these debates literally everyone has their own take, in the way that doesn't happen with sexuality. Where a lot of patterns are more agreed upon.

[–]worried19[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think "public life" is more constricted than the other two categories. Only certain people rise to the level of public figures. Fiction and drama might be slightly more open. Regular life is the most open, but of course it depends where you live. I've only seen maybe 6 or 7 GNC women in the entire time I've been living in my current city. I've seen zero GNC natal males, aside from a trans woman I randomly came across at a restaurant.

[–]theory_of_thisan actual straight crossdresser 4 insightful - 6 fun4 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

Fiction and drama might be slightly more open.

Sure there's fiction, but popular fiction is surely more narrow?

Whether you see them in regular life probably does depend on where you live.

[–]worried19[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It probably depends what genre of popular fiction. There are skyrocketing numbers of trans characters in popular books for kids and teenagers. If you're looking at crime fiction or westerns, the number is going to be a lot less.