A woman to them is weak and the eternal victim. She gets paid less, raped more, have her value based on looks and so on. Only thing she can do is get a man and men are evil and oppressive so even that is a bad outcome. So what if you didn't have do that? What if you could become the strong one? Some are convinced that they can avoid the evil because being trans they have female socialization and others are actually excited that they get to be the bully.
I really don't think the purpose of radical feminism is to sigh that women are weak eternal victims and the only way out is to "join the other team" and become the oppressor instead of the oppressed. More accurate to say men systematically devalue women as weak, vulnerable, unskilled labor, a follower not a leader, valued more highly for her looks than for what she does, and always a potential victim for a man's violence (sexual or otherwise..) The radical feminist solution to this paradigm isn't to give up the ship, it's to redefine masculinity and femininity so that biological sex is no longer a self-fulfilling prophecy enforced by rigid gender norms. Radfems also endorse political lesbianism, which is when women socially boycott men in protest of the foul things they believe and do.
And tbh the sexual assault does happen really often, I don't think that's the only reason pooners poon out, but I suspect a substantial chunk of them have experienced some kind of violation early on that makes them hate their breasts and other maturing parts of the body, as they see these as the reason men are being creeps to them now. I've read that women who were sexually assaulted in childhood sometimes intentionally gain a lot of weight, surrounding themselves with food and their own flesh in the belief that it'll protect them from a future violation. The pooners think that if they make themselves more like men, the creeps will leave them alone.
I also think that some number of pooners actually "legitimately" (as legitimate as cross-sex hormones get) want to get on testosterone for the non-gendered benefits. Testosterone has proven benefits for both sexes (as well as some major downsides, but those are more long-term) like anti-depressant effects, increased muscle, and greater energy as well as some that are more subjective like weight loss, lower voice, and increased libido. Men get sold on testosterone supplements for these exact same reasons.
I don't think that there's much of an equivalent for males and estrogen other than acne prevention (and various unproven tranny rumors about how "estrogen is magic").
So these women decide that they want to try testosterone and one of two things draw them to identify as transsexual. 1) They lie in order to get access to a controlled substance hat they would otherwise have no shot at 2) they get convinced that the desire to try testosterone itself proves that they're trans. I suspect that 2 happens far more often than 1.
Meh. I don't think there are that many women who want to become more muscular and jacked up, a lot of women who go to the gym want to have elbows bigger than their biceps. If you're a straight woman buying into what men want, then you want to be weak so that men will feel stronger for having helped you (open a jar, reach something off a high shelf, etc.) Men like their women weak and small.
But even the reckless gym rat lesbians who might try this to gain muscle / become faster / lift heavier etc. would probably be turned off at the possibility of their voice changing, growing a beard, and the man grease that comes with using T.
Reminder that this disgusting pooner is one of the people in charge of producing children's media now. Her and freaks like Noelle Stevenson.
When did "Oh Joy Sex Toy" become children's media ?!? And also, when did it become sane, let alone liberal and enlightened, to disclose that you chose to rework your whole identity around your mental spank bank of gay Naruto and Pokemon ships? And no shit real art schools don't like anime, you're supposed to learn techniques there, not just keep doing the same old shit you've been doing since HS.
Why does one even send their own naked persona to someone? What is the fucking purpose? Is it so hard to get that you have no control of anything you send from your phone/post in the internet and you have no control over the other person. Just don't "send tits" ffs and the problem is solved.
A lot of purposes. Long-distance relationships being particularly common. It's also plausible that your partner could take a photo of you with a hidden camera in the toilet or something.
It's not even necessary; it's always been completely legal to dress like a nerdy lesbian and post m/m fanart online.
It's not even necessary to be gay to like these gay anime ships; plenty of straight guys unapologetically like "lesbian" porn, this isn't too different.
So this chick went through IUI for what sounds like at least a year, spending thousands out of her own check to bring this child into existence…
… And you’re telling me that she is not even able to afford (or chooses not to buy) basic clothes for this child that she has had planned for so long? By the way she words it, this isn’t even just a “I save some money by clothes shopping at secondhand stores” thing. No, because she’s not even picking out the clothes on her own. She’s relying on people donating their used garbage in order to clothe her child!!
Transmen who do this make me kind of MATI. Pick a lane, dood: are you a heckin' valid man or are you a pregnant woman? Because you cannot be both, so you're just a hairy, titless coomer with a baby on the way. Bonus MATI if this union is a straight-with-extra-steps thing and there's an FtM in the picture who will assert himself as the child's "mother".
OTOH if it's your first baby, you can totally skate on the kindness of your friends and family. Old people love buying baby clothes, especially for the grandchildren they thought they'd never have.