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[–]WildApples 25 insightful - 4 fun25 insightful - 3 fun26 insightful - 4 fun -  (7 children)

He really thinks that people around him suddenly believe he is a woman when he puts on eye shadow and lipstick? This polite-fiction-to-save-trans-lives culture is making them delusional. If they really believe they are passing when they are not due to everyone around them telling polite lies, I can see how it would be a shock when they finally encounter a person who confronts them with honesty. It must be pretty embarrassing after weeks, months, or even years to suddenly realize that you do not make a convincing woman when you previously thought you did.

[–]arcticbasket 18 insightful - 7 fun18 insightful - 6 fun19 insightful - 7 fun -  (2 children)

That's like letting someone walk around with parsley between their teeth, multiplied by a million.

[–]fediverseshill 7 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

That's like letting someone walk around with parsley between their teeth, multiplied by a million.

"Excuse me, OP, but you seem to have a bit of parsley stuck between your teeth and also your penis is missing".

[–]WildApples 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly! Some kindness...

[–]EveSerpent 10 insightful - 7 fun10 insightful - 6 fun11 insightful - 7 fun -  (0 children)

They are men who believe they are women. They passed delusional many, many exits back.

[–]Shesstealthy 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

He doesn't - or shouldn't. But when he puts stereotypical feminine accoutrements on he's signalling to people that he wants them to call him "she". I get that. It does get very tangled because we don't have to. But I suspect it's the same reason that TIFs like beards or working out to look hyper masculine. So people judge the exterior as trying to fit into that binary.

[–]WildApples 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I get that generally, but his comment about passing suggests he believes he can use cosmetics to get others to believe he is a woman, not just pretend he is a woman.

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

He really thinks that people around him suddenly believe he is a woman when he puts on eye shadow and lipstick?

If that makes them feel better, then women get to demand he dosn't wear makeup, to feel more feminine - hah!