Gender Studies I

[Kepler]

If millions of people called you a girl every single day of your life

Fish already has experienced that, but the term is more specific.

[ticapnews]

I for one am glad every girl who wants to play high school sports will have to submit to a study of her genitals and give a detailed history of her period. We have lived under the tyranny of teenaged girls long enough! I don't think the practice goes far enough though. I suggest we make all the girls line up naked in front of the bench before each game and present themselves to a doctor. It's only fair. My teammates and I had to submit to a cup check before every baseball game. End the estrogenical oppression!

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You just know there are people who seriously think this way, and salivate at the thought of nude high school girls. But hey, this is a chance to increase needed funding for schools. Charge the dirty old men $100 admission to each game.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Oh I’m sure the winter weather in Florida makes it all worth it.

sky high insurance costs, no books in school, your female children subject to period inspections

yeah I’m so jealous of people in Florida

[Swansong]

Oh I’m sure the winter weather in Florida makes it all worth it.

sky high insurance costs, no books in school, your female children subject to period inspections

yeah I’m so jealous of people in Florida

But freedom!

[psych]

I for one am glad every girl who wants to play high school sports will have to submit to a study of her genitals and give a detailed history of her period. We have lived under the tyranny of teenaged girls long enough! I don't think the practice goes far enough though. I suggest we make all the girls line up naked in front of the bench before each game and present themselves to a doctor. It's only fair. My teammates and I had to submit to a cup check before every baseball game. End the estrogenical oppression!

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You just know there are people who seriously think this way, and salivate at the thought of nude high school girls. But hey, this is a chance to increase needed funding for schools. Charge the dirty old men $100 admission to each game.

Larry Nassar can get started on that for us.

[MissThundercat]

If millions of people called you a girl every single day of your life, tried to keep you from using the bathroom of your choice, etc, what else would you call that other than hate?

Also, "hate" isn't always slurs and violence.

It's "trans people are raping women in bathrooms, grooming children, are pedophiles..."

It's "you're a confused boy."

It's family members disowning me. I haven't spoken to my aunt in the last 5 years after she told me I was sinning and needed to find God.

It's "you can't receive affirming care because you might regret it."

It's being called "sir" constantly, even though I have long red hair, nice curves, and a 38DD chest because of my voice. (Though Dr. Girlfriend from Venture Bros. is still a transition goal...)

It's also the expectation that I need to appear hyper-feminine in order to NOT be called "sir." And with my last few jobs, I haven't had the ability to appear hyper-feminine.

It's being treated as a sexual fetish. Most of the "men" (I use that term very loosely) who message me think I'm a box they can check off and forget about. Furthermore, they want to meet me in secret, not be seen in public with me.

And I have said this before: the mental health of my community would drastically improve if we weren't forced to be on the defensive all the time. Especially when we're looking at high rates of depression and anxiety, prevalent substance abuse, and a whopping attempted suicide rate.

Also, while I'm here: I hate admitting I have a "just in case" plan to leave the country. I hate admitting that I will resort to violence if physically threatened. I hate feeling caught between "we look out for our own kind" and "where you going? With any luck, forward!"

[LynahFan]

Also, "hate" isn't always slurs and violence.

It's "trans people are raping women in bathrooms, grooming children, are pedophiles..."

It's "you're a confused boy."

It's family members disowning me. I haven't spoken to my aunt in the last 5 years after she told me I was sinning and needed to find God.

It's "you can't receive affirming care because you might regret it."

It's being called "sir" constantly, even though I have long red hair, nice curves, and a 38DD chest because of my voice. (Though Dr. Girlfriend from Venture Bros. is still a transition goal...)

It's also the expectation that I need to appear hyper-feminine in order to NOT be called "sir." And with my last few jobs, I haven't had the ability to appear hyper-feminine.

It's being treated as a sexual fetish. Most of the "men" (I use that term very loosely) who message me think I'm a box they can check off and forget about. Furthermore, they want to meet me in secret, not be seen in public with me.

And I have said this before: the mental health of my community would drastically improve if we weren't forced to be on the defensive all the time. Especially when we're looking at high rates of depression and anxiety, prevalent substance abuse, and a whopping attempted suicide rate.

Also, while I'm here: I hate admitting I have a "just in case" plan to leave the country. I hate admitting that I will resort to violence if physically threatened. I hate feeling caught between "we look out for our own kind" and "where you going? With any luck, forward!"

Breaks my heart - I wish I could give you 30 hugs for each and every one of these offenses. I have so much respect for anyone who can navigate such a difficult environment with grace and optimism - I literally cannot imagine what that life is like. I look at trans people with the same awe and admiration that I reserve for people who do things like climbing Mount Everest, running ultramarathons, rowing across the Atlantic, etc - paths I cannot fathom following.

[Kepler]

The best we can do is all work to ensure people like Fish never, ever get their hands on the levers of power.

[St. Clown]

The best we can do is all work to ensure people like Fish never, ever get their hands on the levers of power.

They’ve had their mitts on the levers of power. They had them for a long time, it’s only in certain states they never lost their grip.

[Kepler]

They’ve had their mitts on the levers of power. They had them for a long time, it’s only in certain states they never lost their grip.

Understood.

[MissThundercat]

Kim Petras, trans woman, won a Grammy last night along with Sam Smith, who is non-binary.

Second time a trans woman won a Grammy.

[Kepler]

This is so stupid it could have come from Ben Garrison.

[MissThundercat]

I've seen some ****ty takes from transphobes... but I've been in porta johns that were less smelly than that one!

[MissThundercat]

Breaks my heart - I wish I could give you 30 hugs for each and every one of these offenses. I have so much respect for anyone who can navigate such a difficult environment with grace and optimism - I literally cannot imagine what that life is like. I look at trans people with the same awe and admiration that I reserve for people who do things like climbing Mount Everest, running ultramarathons, rowing across the Atlantic, etc - paths I cannot fathom following.

It's difficult, but I find inspiration from Camus, who once said "the only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." And I add from Sartre, who said "we can each do any damn thing we want, which is more than what most of us dare to imagine."

[Kepler]