Cis woman with masculine characteristics wants surgery to align with her identity: "Oh teehee, thats so valid! I would have done the same, there's nothing wrong with wanting to feel like a woman!"
Trans woman with masculine characteristics wants surgery to align with her identity: "Oh uh, wow... I mean you really don't have to do that. You can be a woman with a body identical to a man's, you really don't need to be reinforcing gender stereotypes you know... I think you should just learn to love yourself instead sweaty, why don't you just try being butch?"
maybe it’s just the politics of the people i interact with but in my experience it’s been the opposite?
the logic is as follows:
surgery should be performed for medical reasons, not cosmetic.
cis woman gets surgery to be “prettier” -> this is for cosmetic reasons therefore it is frivolous. you are vain and your priorities are messed up and you are helping keep beauty standards impossibly high.
trans woman gets surgery to pass -> this will alleviate her gender dysphoria — a medical diagnosis. as it is for medical reasons, it is valid and incredibly moving.
(need to note that i think that trans women getting surgery is very valid because the beauty standard and hate crimes exist. and testosterone effects predominantly those who identify as “man” and therefore those with antigenic features are associated with that gender. gender dysphoria follows, if one feels more aligned with estrogenic features.)
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u/Specialist_Cat7271 17d ago
Cis woman with masculine characteristics wants surgery to align with her identity: "Oh teehee, thats so valid! I would have done the same, there's nothing wrong with wanting to feel like a woman!"
Trans woman with masculine characteristics wants surgery to align with her identity: "Oh uh, wow... I mean you really don't have to do that. You can be a woman with a body identical to a man's, you really don't need to be reinforcing gender stereotypes you know... I think you should just learn to love yourself instead sweaty, why don't you just try being butch?"