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View submission: Trans Women, Male Privilege, and the Intersectionality of Patriarchal Oppression
I will partially disagree with you here. Whereas the process of "becoming" a woman through puberty is arduous, it is very unlikely you will be stripped of your gender when compared to a trans woman. From my perspective, it appears you are speaking more of the struggles of conforming to gender norms. This affects cis and trans women alike.
Regarding laws, I am obviously aware of the incredibly draconian laws that can exist toward women in some countries. The middle east, for instance, is extremely repressive toward women. Please note I was approaching this from a Western perspective.
The concerns you bring are all valid. I don't think my comment dismissed any of them.
Comment by larynxless at 30/01/2025 at 03:18 UTC
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just a little more detail about the puberty challenge she spoke of- for me and quite a few of my cis friends going through puberty came with a lot of feelings of dysphoria: it wasn't me in the mirror all of a sudden, it wasn't my body that i knew and thought of as how i looked that i saw, it was weird and wrong and I couldn't change it or stop it. I think about half my friend group were excited about their first bra and the other half just cried and wished their body hadn't betrayed them like that.