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and the fact that transphobia is mostly motivated by misogyny (see Julia Serano's concept of "transmisogyny" outlined in Whipping Girl).
Even transphobia against trans men is misogynistic, e.g. when trans men are treated as just vulnerable / hapless women or girls that need to protecting from "trans grooming", which is patronizing and conventionally sexist, or when
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corrective rape is used on trans men to re-assert their assigned gender, e.g. Sam Nordquist and Brandon Teena.The violence trans men face is ultimately connected to violence against women, even if it is being applied to men to deny them their gender.
Wow. People really sicken me.
yeah, tough to stomach some aspects of humanity - but it's worth keeping it mind it's only a small minority of people, I try not to generalize the exceptional violence of the worst of us onto the rest of humanity.
I hear you, and I do try to practice that. I find so many to be disappointing, though. It definitely helps to remember that I can't control others, just my own actions/reactions.