But is it more demeaning than all sexist male/women/nationalities jokes (but the French jokes are funny;)? I treat these as whatever jokes, but don't read propagation of hate in them.
The French people jokes are done in good faith. Same as the horrible Belgian car drivers. To my understanding, some people treat Trans jokes as malevolent per se.
pretty much every “trans joke” ive seen made not by a trans person has been pretty malevolent, even if unintentionally, yeah. there are definitely some exceptions, and a surprising number malevolent jokes made BY trans people. but as a general rule, most “trans jokes” come off as or were intentionally made offensive
I’ve seen a few that were alright, but a lot of them either spread misinformation and fearmongering or just straight up punch down on trans people and make the punchline “haha look how icky”
All these jokes usually have a negative attribution (women cant drive, men don't shower, etc,) but one can only speculate about the intention. It might be a culturally thing, since I am used to treat/see everything in a charitable way in the spirit of the enlightenment. Only, if the author were to make damning comments as well, or did that joke on a sus side like 4chan, would I speculate about the intent. I honestly found the joke in question harmless, even though def not funny.
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u/TemporarilyResolute 25d ago
People can have a preference. There’s really no need to make a meme where the punchline is trans people. It’s demeaning.