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I absolutely think a lot (most? nearly all?) trans people are trans because of default brain wiring or something, but I wonder what percentage are MtF cause they felt like they could never be a successful man, and because there's a clear community/path to acceptance for trans ppl

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"Clear community/path to acceptance for trans people" seems like a phenomenon that is, at most, limited to a few small communities at an extreme end of the political spectrum. Certainly not true for the median American.

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I'm down to accept that, but I suspect in at least some cases, someone might feel that being trans will get 'trans pride' on their side, whereas they have no hope of getting any approval in that way by being male, particularly if they're "bad" at being traditionally male.

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e.g. this comment on reddit reddit.com/r/detrans/comm

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also this post from the same thread, which cites two reasons relevant here - being trans gave "automatic community", and their sexuality was demonized: reddit.com/r/detrans/comm Again: This is definitely not all trans people! But obvs some experience this.

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Hard to dispute those self-reports, yeah. Agree that it's partially the framing. If you ask "what percent of detransitioners initially transitioned due to this?", the story given detrans feels much more plausible than "what percentage of trans people transitioned due to this?"

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