GC: How would you react if you saw a trans woman in the women's restroom?

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[–]Juniperius 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

by a disability you don't have

Being a woman is not a disability but in that example I would only be using it after I had also made myself no longer able.

I didn't say that being a woman is a disability, but in a certain sense you could call maleness and femaleness each a disability in one area coupled with a superpower in another area.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

What's the "superpower" supposed to be for male people

[–]Juniperius 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Super strength and speed, of course. Compared to a woman of exactly the same height and weight and level of general health, a man is absurdly strong. Add that to the fact that men are on average 5 inches taller and proportionally heavier.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It doesn't sound like a superpower to me it sounds like a way to be obselete in a modern society where that strength is not required. It sounds like a reason that some people with that bully others. I never wanted to be strong or tall, who would want to be a caveman?

[–]Juniperius 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lots of people. Obviously. As evidenced by everything from Superman to Buffy the vampire slayer to billions of dollars spent on sports leagues around the world to the existence of gyms, weightlifting supplements and videos, personal coaches, and an entire aisle in Target of exercise equipment. You really don't notice anything in the world except yourself, do you?

I myself am trying to get stronger right now. I used to be in quite good shape before I had a period of chronic illness. When I was at the gym doing overhead presses or whatever, I would notice that my shoulders looked good rather than my belly looked bad, which was very helpful for my self esteem since I'm kind of on the little teapot side. Also, I've just picked up an evening job taking freight off of trucks, and while it's true that we have pallet jacks for the really heavy stuff, almost everything on that semi we pick up with our hands and put on carts, and four hours of that is pretty tiring.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No like I don't think there's anything wrong with that and that's awesome for you! it was just always a source of distress for me personally and I can't really understand the mindset