pillow bunny
Senior Member
Look pillow bunny, I like a lot of things that follow under the stereotype of being "boy things". However, I identify as the gender given to me at birth which is female.
Saying what you're saying, is dismissing the experiences a lot of people within the trans community have faced. Just because someone who is a transwoman, likes shopping, makeup and stereotypical "girl things" does not mean their hobbies are the reason they've transitioned or the reason they identify as a woman.
so do i. i like "male" and "female" things, not because i'm transwhatever, but because i'm a human and have a personality.
i think it's not more "i fit into x stereotype more than y stereotype", but "i don't fit into x stereotype". there are women today who live in extremely sexist areas, and know that they are more than their gender stereotype, so they tell themselves they are trans as a coping mechanism. because they feel they are a human, and people of thier gender are stereotyped so much they do not seem to be humans.
the whole "not supporting trans people is evil" idea is just... wrong, because it's the only way to move away from gender roles.
sorry for using the transracial metaphor so much, but let's say instead of promoting the idea that black and white people were completely equal, society said that "blacks and whites are different, though neither is better or worse". black people with stereotypical "white" traits (desire for success, intelligence, etc.) would be "transwhite", white people with stereotypical "black" traits would be "transblack". yes, this would be excellent for designated black at birth(?) people during the early days of pseudoequality, but not for the long term. racial stereotypes against black people would be alive and well, perhaps even more so than they were in the past.