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- Oct 27, 2021
@batteredpancakes
Your pull-quotes tell a story, but they omit some things: that person is 100% aware they are not a woman, and is 100% aware and accepting of the fact that because they are trans, some men will be turned way, permanently off.
"I do not understand people who say, "oh he is a jerk for rejecting a woman just because she is trans." Are you kidding me? Just because she is trans? It's a huge, enormous, unfathomable deal for cis people. We get used to being trans, and it's normalcy for us, but for cis people there is nothing more unsettling."
Now, having re-read the pieces you clipped, I see that this person is using the above as a rationalization for not disclosing, which is utter bullshit.
But that person does seem to understand that there is a distinction between born women and trans-women, so I guess not the worst?
"I would disclose, and they would immediately cease to be attracted to me. It is not their fault. It makes me cry, it hurts me when I think about it, it eats me alive, but it is NOT their fault. No, they were not transphobic, in fact they were all supportive, they all said they felt bad for me, they never misgendered me, they were super kind. But they were no longer attracted to me. Stop, please stop being naive."
(emphasis mine)
Again, I think the "I'm not going to disclose" thing is immoral (and also headed for disaster even though they are aiming to be pragmatic), but at least they are not insisting that men who say no to trans are horrible or deluded or stupid or whatever.
Your pull-quotes tell a story, but they omit some things: that person is 100% aware they are not a woman, and is 100% aware and accepting of the fact that because they are trans, some men will be turned way, permanently off.
"I do not understand people who say, "oh he is a jerk for rejecting a woman just because she is trans." Are you kidding me? Just because she is trans? It's a huge, enormous, unfathomable deal for cis people. We get used to being trans, and it's normalcy for us, but for cis people there is nothing more unsettling."
Now, having re-read the pieces you clipped, I see that this person is using the above as a rationalization for not disclosing, which is utter bullshit.
But that person does seem to understand that there is a distinction between born women and trans-women, so I guess not the worst?
"I would disclose, and they would immediately cease to be attracted to me. It is not their fault. It makes me cry, it hurts me when I think about it, it eats me alive, but it is NOT their fault. No, they were not transphobic, in fact they were all supportive, they all said they felt bad for me, they never misgendered me, they were super kind. But they were no longer attracted to me. Stop, please stop being naive."
(emphasis mine)
Again, I think the "I'm not going to disclose" thing is immoral (and also headed for disaster even though they are aiming to be pragmatic), but at least they are not insisting that men who say no to trans are horrible or deluded or stupid or whatever.