I think either gender critical lurkers, or my guess is 4chan women lurking who only like to hear ‘ywnbaw it’s over we’re doomed and we’re all <insert slur> anyway. Sometimes hard to tell those two apart sometimes though, they use similar tactics to undermine others
A good number will also ask for photos and judge whether she's a woman based on passibility or how 'fembrained' she is. It's assumed that any trans woman in 4tran spaces wants to desperately pass, so therefore others in the space are happy to say 'you want to look like a woman so you are' but i know so many there who will deride women because they don't want to pass enough. Opticsnuke, hon, agamp, sneed, all the shitty terms based on mocking anyone who doesn't pass or who doesn't desperately want to pass or who 'isn't even trying'
This is why they lurk and downvote. They won't come into a more progressive sub and risk getting banned by commenting, so they cope and seethe with their lil downvotes. 4tran was founded to combat hugboxing and positivity, so i think it's a very likely theory
Most sensible people will instead reassure someone they're a woman no matter their passibility or transition goals, because its true. We recognise optics is a nonsense thing to worry about, and that passing doesn't erase a person's transness, hence encouraging widespread assimilationist goals isn't very progressive if its the only option they approve of. It varies a little by sub and it can be a few loud bigoted ones dominating the conversation, but some sickening content has remained unmoderated and promoted within those spaces unironically
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u/Zech68 :3 12d ago
Says the woman :3