@stefisgirlnow@snailm0der I think people usually have a pretty bad understanding of what structure is and equate it with the relations between averages of sociological trends
@stefisgirlnow@snailm0der There are certainly contexts in which trans men have an advantageous position over trans women, but I would hesitate to claim that they represent merely an extension of hegemonic patriarchal structure, rather than being composite dynamics
@tragic_endings_ This doesn't mean gender dysphoria or the psychological type which we associate with transsexuality didn't exist, but that it did not manifest in the same phenomenon as modern transsexuality
@tragic_endings_ >trans ppl didn’t actually exist until hormone therapy was invented
Yes, all the trannies claiming Elagabalus or something are engaging in mythologising LARP
Notice how many MtFs share interests with female autistics—like fandom or resenting your parents—but almost no FtMs are knowledgeable about trains, electronics, guns, etc. Given the male dominance of Natural Law, it feels fitting to sometimes view people as either non-men or men, who are elevated from non-men. Effeminate gays/transwomen can forfeit their maleness and become similarly low-status to a woman. I think this is part of why “third gender” groups of ancient cultures were almost always populated by males and never females. What would motivate a woman to ACTUALLY live as a man? I’m not talking about whiny art school AFABs here. I’m talking about a (non software) engineer or a welder or something. The blue collar butch archetype is all but dead. That sort of work is hard! I get why ladyboys opt out of it! But to be a woman and truly opt into the more taxing role? Nonsensical. More importantly, the male role is also one of higher status. It’s IMPOSSIBLE to elevate oneself a class higher like that as a female. You become a worse version of the sex that you already are when you “transition.” You certainly arnt breaking the glass ceiling with such a self-own. Males can always fall from grace in a meaningful way though. At least then, better men than yourself will want to have sex with you! Men (the sex that actually does things) wanting to fuck is the motivating force behind EVERYTHING. There’s a MARKET for ladyboys. There is no market for the rare true FtM. There was a market for them pre-transition, but now there’s not, and this is why this archetype seldom actually exists. Probably would have been easier picking up chicks as a lesbian than as a dickless man, as well. These market dynamics are why like 90% of “FtMs” call themselves gay, which is to say that they’re attracted to men. They don’t really become any sort of man, becoming instead just weird sorts of women. It’s different for MtFs though. As a woman, youre wither the archetypal Mother, Nun, or Whore. Of course, part of being actually female is having the capacity for either 3, but the HSTS ladyboy MtF sort can look pretty indistinguishable from those female Whores from the perspective of the men who fuck them (the male gaze, if you will). There exist transwomen who are basically women with dicks, but virtually zero transmen who are just men lacking them. It’s like both are subcategories of Lowly Women, except of course autogynophiles who are just ugly and retarded boys.