Well, at least 7 in this post.
Natalie Reed from the "Skepchick" site came up with the first seven and teased us with the other six which are coming tomorrow in another post.
To save you the time and effort of reading all the first seven, here are the highlights. Of course you can check the link for a complete look at basic trans women myths.
1. Trans women are just really, really, REALLY gay.
False, sex and gender are two radically different issues. (Agree!)
2. So you’re going to get your penis cut off and 3.- we all want a sex change operation.
False. (Agree! Although I understand why most uneducated people would think so. Some of us have already changed sex mentally!)
4. “It’s a trap” / Trans women are just gay guys trying to attract straight dudes.
False of course. (Very complex issue. I can be an egotist of sorts and say the men who are attracted to us need to decide their sexuality. In my case I'm just in the world being me. If either gender is attracted to me, it's their decision.)
5. Aren’t you sort of reinforcing stereotypical gender roles?
Aren’t you just going along with the idea that having a feminine
personality means you must be female? Doesn’t that perpetuate the idea
that there are certain ways women and men are “supposed” to be like?
Natalie has a long answer for this and no easy answer but I do. (I am reinforcing a feminine stereotype. She is me and I am her.Some of my genetic girlfriends sometimes say I'm such a girl and I am. Stereotype or not.)
6. If our culture didn’t have such strict gender roles, there would be no need for transition.
( Blah, blah, blah! So what?)
7. You’re so brave! (Good one! Natalie finishes on a high note!)
She writes: "No. That’s a lovely idea, it is, and thank you. I do appreciate the
sentiment and we often enjoy hearing that kind of thing. It’s an
enormously tempting idea, too, and hard to give up. It would be
terrific to believe that I’m this wonderfully brave, courageous, strong
woman who overcame unimaginable odds to assert her true self without
compromise to a hostile, bigoted world. But it just isn’t true. We
aren’t brave. We’re scared shitless and in tremendous pain and desperate
for a way out, and don’t really have much of a choice."
(Agreed-totally! Her last line says it all!)
I'm interested in her last 6 reasons as she has covered quite a bit of ground so far. I will try to follow her and give you more information!
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