The experiences trans men and women have with misogyny will never not be fascinating to me. Like, for the first time ever we have this huge sample size of people who have experienced how their gender presentation affects how people interact with them, giving tangible proof of misogyny in action. And it can't just be swept aside with 'MaYbE tHe wOmEn JuSt miSuNDerStOoD' or 'mAYbe tHe mAN diDN't MeAn iT LiKE tHaT'. I mean idiots will still make idiot arguments but at least it chips away at them a little bit.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 73 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I told one of my friends that I'm being looked at differently in crowds now, and he just said "no you're imagining it".

Many people just do not believe what trans people tell them. At all.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

In that specific case it might've been an answer to "Do you look at me differently now", brains like to short-circuit like that, and not everybody is comfortable speaking for the tribe. "Does the tribe like me?" -- "Well I do" -- "Does the tribe?" -- "I'm not the tribe".

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Women aren't believed, are you a trans woman? If so it could be either that you're a woman or that you're trans.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

(I hope not to misgender either but) bro, she knows. No need to mansplain it, read it again:

Many people just do not believe what trans people tell them. At all.

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I was adding to it, not explaining it.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

But is it because of being trans in general, or because of the direction of transition?

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly people are probably just looking at you wondering if you are trans.

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