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[–]MezozoicGay 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why I am not surprised?

women who identify as transmen seem silent and invisible

When I was checking transgender researches in 2016 or 2017, there were nearly 50 researches about transwomen, and zero about transmen. And yet, when someone need to oppress women, it is always said "but transmen menstruate too, and they can be pregnant, and they are men!". And then "because of this fact we should say people with mensturation instead of women" - about women and transmen. However, I never saw anyone advocating for "we need to say people with penis" - about transwomen (or men). Full gay men festivals where invites only by passport and only males allowed? No problem. Michigan Womyn's Music Festival not letting transwomen before transition or who "not pass" to enter? So big problem! Why? Answer is simple, transmen are still female, and transwomen are still male. And opression and sexism are sex based, not gender based. As simple as that. Gender is there to erase "sexism" as a problem in eyes of the society.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. I am really angry about major search engines right now... google women's issues, for example, or "violence against women", and you get hit after hit of news about "transwomen". It's ridiculous.