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[–]EzukiRaen 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What is the difference between "trans woman" and "transwoman"? Someone on reddit mentioned this to me before but, like this person, they never explained why "transwoman" is considered offensive.

[–]davids877Straight Male Man 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think because we(ok, maybe just me) like to point out that:

"transwoman" is like "seahorse" in that that a seahorse is not a type of horse just like a transwoman is not a type of woman. They want to screw up the language so that people see "trans woman" and "cis woman" and think "ok, they're all women" just like a "tall woman" is a type of woman.

So, it reminds them that they're not women, they never have been women and will never be women.