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View submission: Trans Women, Male Privilege, and the Intersectionality of Patriarchal Oppression
I would counter that they are often held to very cis-normative standards when trying to express and understand themselves pre-transition, which is definitely a form of misogyny.
Imagine having your natural feminine inclinations, mannerisms, and expressions be explicitly labelled as reflecting badly on you - not just for the traits you do have, but for the cis- traits you lack.
Then imagine spending a long time trying to reconcile those differences and please society in any way at all, until finally you realize it's just not going to happen (so you transition).
What you were told is wrong amounts not just to archetypes of femininity, but to the very essence of it that was always deep within you, and that was nearly crushed by the world's misogynistic interpretations and expectations of you.
There's nothing here!