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View submission: Trans Women, Male Privilege, and the Intersectionality of Patriarchal Oppression
The differences and convergences in our experiences is quite an interesting subject!
If anyone cares about mine, I'm 34yo, began HRT a year ago, still "boymoding"... and I already have experienced a little bit misogyny...
A drunk guy told me the other day that being with my girlfriend is a sin, that I should be with a man and give him children because "God created me for that", and even grabbed my arm to impede me from hugging my girlfriend. Like, what the hell... And I couldn't but smile and act submissive like "Sure, of course sir, that's very nice 😅 (when will he go away... 😰)" and it had to be my lover who scared him off... (I love her so much!).
Well, I guess male privilege, even though conditioned to appearing manly and dealing with the dysphoria, was kinda nice while it lasted. Though I'd rather my personhood and identity be recognized than having a conditioned privilege, but wow, so that's what cis women experienced for their entire youthhood and beyond... One time is an anecdote, but an entire life... oh dear... I guess it's a privilege I didn't get to experience that beyond an anecdote. On the other hand, I experienced a lot of bullying in school and highschool for being too "sensitive" and "effeminate", so I can't feel totally privileged...
However, it's kinda funny (in a sad way) how an homophobic-sexist drunk man recognized me as a woman before my workmates, who are nice people and all yet still treat as a "he", even though they know I'm trans and prefer being treated as a "she". Like, it seems I'm starting to get pieces of misogyny (woohoo...), yet I'm not getting the recognition of my identity... It's like, they don't really recognize me as "one of the guys" anymore, but definitely not as "one of the girls" either. Like I'm in some kind of limbo... It feels lonely, as if they were talking to a person that no longer exists, instead of talking to me directly.
Oh, sorry for the rant. I guess I should to change to another workplace and start anew 🙃
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