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[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There are thousands of perfectly harmless transsexuals and transvestites, but they just can't help picking the most perverted, dangerous ones. It's like a drug.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's the exhibitionist tendencies.

The harmless ones get their rocks off in private and are content to just go out in drag at drag bars on the weekend. They're happy, they don't bother the rest of society. No problem.

Some people have that exhibitionist tendency and get off on being socially transgressive however that is so they'll always be out looking for new ways to cause outrage and get attention and rarely do the stars align such that they are encouraged to do so by the mainstream public culture. This of course, only makes the problem worse. Because while the "normal" transvestites may indeed legitimately be happy that they don't need to worry about getting fired if their hobby gets out, the exhibitionists were in it for the humiliation and need to find new ways to be socially transgressive if everyone is just like "oh a man in a dress, meh whatever".

[–]QueenBread 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Some people have that exhibitionist tendency and get off on being socially transgressive

It's not that. Being socially transgressive can be good.

These perverts aren't socially transgressive. They're bad people and so they decided the only way they can excel at something is at being the worst.

And our society is relishing in it, celebrating people who are first in line on the race to the bottom. Meanwhile, scientists or professors get ignored.

Our society celebrates the worst of the worst because therefore the public thinks "hey, my life sucks but at least I am better than this guy!". If our society celebrated genius scientists or talented artists or such, the masses would become even more restless.

It's the same reason that the dumber a politician acts, the more the public likes them.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Social transgression can be a good strategy if there is some end goal. I think for some of these people the transgression is the goal since they get off on people being mad at them