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It's because "privilege" is usually used in the sense of having something others don't, not in a sense of not having to suffer something others suffer.
Comment by Important-Stable-842 at 21/01/2025 at 15:13 UTC*
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i think this is the key, you can't really feel a lack of something you have never experienced nor have a real intuitive understanding of. makes the perspective of trans people valuable since they have full context. contrapoints is an example of someone who iirc had a major ideological shift when they transitioned.