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Which actively harms women
Comment by SexWithHoolay at 01/02/2025 at 00:10 UTC*
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Here's an interesting video about why transphobia is entirely fearmongering and that trans people are real (I saw it posted in this sub earlier): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkBa7ooUN4[1][2]
1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkBa7ooUN4
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkBa7ooUN4
He makes a good point towards the end of the video that this narrative essentially consists of seeing men as aggressive, controlling, having power over women, and existing for the purpose of sexually dominating women, while women are only valuable because of their vagina, ability to bear children, etc. and are inherently weaker than men.
Which makes TERFs especially stupid. Transphobia is patriarchal. By defining women by their ability to be fucked by a penis, and defining men as everyone with the penis that does the fucking, that devalues women to sex objects controlled by men.
They see this as a fact of life, that women will always be controlled by men whenever men get the chance, and that women have to be "protected" from this regardless of what those women want. If a "woman" (trans man) transitions, they are a victim of control by men. If a "man" (trans woman) transitions, they are trying to control women. This is inherently sexist to both men and women.
In reality, everyone is a human with their own goals, identity, beliefs, and values. Not everyone wants to be "protected" from people who are just trying to live their life. The government is actively erasing the experiences of anyone who contradicts their story. Without exception, if a child defends trans people, that child is *always* seen as being groomed. It's basically the same with cis woman and trans men defending the movement and the people, they are seen as victims of the oppressive "men" behind the "trans agenda".