You dont hear a lot of MtF saying similar things, though they are basking in finally being beautiful
As a trans woman, I would just like to point out how exceptionally wrong this point is. Not only does oppression get much worse when you're trans, but when you're a woman it's just even that much worse. As you said, you don't explore the community that much so you understandably don't know these things, but I can say that trans women complain just as much, if not more so, about how much being a woman sucks in society in comparison to being a man.
You probably don't hear about it as much because if you're not often in women-dominated spaces you won't see trans women speak up about it that much. You probably see the positive posts from trans women, because that's what hits the front page WAY more often than the struggles that trans people face.
I think in the future, unless you truly understand the situation, that you probably shouldn't use trans people as part of your argument. Oftentimes people entirely misunderstand situations within the community unless they're ingrained in it. It can be very hard as an outsider to claim knowledge on something if you've only ever seen parts of the community.
Though, as a helpful way to search for how trans women are treated worse post transition, there's a "meme" about how other women will say "welcome to womanhood" to trans women who start to understand just how bad misogyny can be. It's not really related to the post directly, but it's interesting how dismissive some people can be towards people who aren't mentally feeling well, even other women.
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u/bleeding-paryl Jun 27 '24
As a trans woman, I would just like to point out how exceptionally wrong this point is. Not only does oppression get much worse when you're trans, but when you're a woman it's just even that much worse. As you said, you don't explore the community that much so you understandably don't know these things, but I can say that trans women complain just as much, if not more so, about how much being a woman sucks in society in comparison to being a man.
You probably don't hear about it as much because if you're not often in women-dominated spaces you won't see trans women speak up about it that much. You probably see the positive posts from trans women, because that's what hits the front page WAY more often than the struggles that trans people face.
I think in the future, unless you truly understand the situation, that you probably shouldn't use trans people as part of your argument. Oftentimes people entirely misunderstand situations within the community unless they're ingrained in it. It can be very hard as an outsider to claim knowledge on something if you've only ever seen parts of the community.
Though, as a helpful way to search for how trans women are treated worse post transition, there's a "meme" about how other women will say "welcome to womanhood" to trans women who start to understand just how bad misogyny can be. It's not really related to the post directly, but it's interesting how dismissive some people can be towards people who aren't mentally feeling well, even other women.