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Every minority has a small minority of sexual predators, and because of this an article like the one on the BBC could be published about any demographic.

Because of this, publishing an article like that about a group without any evidence to suggest that the group has a statistically significant problem with its members being sexually predatory can be taken as hateful propaganda towards that group.

To the surprise of no one, that user is a trans woman.

[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The thing that they're not getting is that, yes, this article could be published about black men pressuring women into sex, or gay men pressuring straight men into sex, or whatever. The difference is that we as a society in general have come to the conclusion that anyone pressuring anyone else into sex or relationships is a bad person, while at this point in time, trans people are seen as unable to do anything wrong.

If there was a handful of gay men on Twitter posting things like, "I'm not saying that straight men need to have sex with gay men, but maybe they need to examine their homophobia and reflect on why they won't have sex with gay men," or "Straight men refusing to date gay men is homophobic and violent," that handful of gay men would be ripped apart as creepy predators. Meanwhile, there is a supposed minority of trans women going around on social media saying exactly those things about lesbians and they are being applauded for it. That is the difference. That is why this is newsworthy.