It is in no way incumbent upon a group of people to react with kindness and understanding when you say hurtful and ignorant things about them. The trans community doesn't owe you anything. I'd recommending not whining when people get mad at you for insulting them.
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I didn't insult them, I just asked what percentage transitioned because of social incentive. Asking questions is not a goddamn insult. I don't have any agenda here, I'm literally just curious jesus christ
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You asked a question that has been asked to death. Your problem is that you are just one in a long line of people who just pop in out of nowhere and you're not the last either. Also, believe it or not, that check mark comes with responsibilities with regards to your influence 2.
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Hopefully, by now, you have been made aware of how there have been people dead set on harassing us over these questions. Between the US and the UK far right realizing we exist in the last 4 years we have been on the defensive. We're more or less besieged by deliberate misinfo.
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And then we have people with influence coming asking questions that have been settled, restarting the cycle. Your bio admits that this might be hobby or some sort of job for you. This is our lives, we get harmed just as bad if it is coming from the right, or the well intend.
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Also, to be honest, when you made the question specifically about trans women and didn't mention trans men at all, it tells the rest of us that are certain biases are a foot here. I mean, they're literally 50% of the trans experience, how do they not get to influence any study?
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I thought about trans women specifically due to the theory that there's lower social support for very unsuccessful men than there is for very unsuccessful women, so there might be a greater incentive for one group over the other. I'm open to hearing bout both though!
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And I maintain a consistent support of many things while simultaneously questioning them, and my followers know that just because I ask a question doesn't mean I am critical of the thing I'm asking about.
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For example, I often ask questions about abortion that might sound like they come from pro-life rhetoric, despite me being extremely pro-choice. If pro-life people see me engaging seriously with their inquiries, there's a greater chance they might be open to my other views.
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I feel similarly about trans issues. If I actually want to change people's mind, then having a hostile attitude isn't going to do it; I need to actually engage fearlessly and directly with the questions, and give direct and honest answers. For example, in my og question,
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turns out the answer is probably around 0.5%, which is extremely low, and serves as a good refutation to all the people who think trans people are just 'failed men' or something. If I hadn't asked the question, I wouldn't have gotten that answer.
You literally could've just google this and then present your conclusion alongside your question. Shallow reporting hurts. I mean you are trying to be like a reporter, right?
Leg work is important, ok?
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There are so many harmful actions in your process.
Yet your take away, is that we should engage with harmful questions politely to change your mind. And the only way you would have learned is to ask your audience on twitter.
To me this is not a kind way to show support.
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