DiscussionPronouns are a red-herring

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[–]INeedSomeTimeAsexual Ally 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is what trans mental health care should focus on to me. Working on having stronger self-esteem and confidence. You shouldn’t rely on the outside validation. As FtM you should feel absolutely confident you are a man regardless of how people gender you. The only distress would come from your appearance not matching your sex. Not from people just using their fucking eyes.

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

Well, I'd go a step further and say that the mental health focus should be on accepting that you are you, and that categories like "man" and "woman" are biologically derived, not derived from stereotypes or mythical "feelings of gender", and that one can't change sex or gender any more than a human can change into a chimpanzee. But, meeting half way, yes, I'd take even this quantum of sanity over what happens on Twitter, etc.