I would pin the eventual hopelessness/burnout that has struck many female detransitioners active in organizing on experiencing the sexist infantilization as inescapable and deeply dysphoria provoking. 3/
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trans guys have some v valid critiques about whether detransition discourse veers towards a sexist infantilization and a lot of detransitioners have been pushing back on the same tendency for years. 1/
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I have found that media that engages with female detransitioners often wants to focus on our looks and our victimhood, and consistently leaves out our organizing, professional skills, and the FACTS about healthcare institutions we try to highlight.
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Nothing will make an ambitious, effective, reflective, fully grown woman feel more gender dysphoric than seeing her face or story plugged into an “our fragile, suffering daughters” storyline.
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But you know, that’s the sexist world we live in and all you can really do to fight it is try to give other women a break from those sexist assumptions in your interactions. Which, let’s be real, is a pretty hard self-development project to take on.
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At the end of the day you have to work with the system your in. It’s to much to hope & even try change it all. I know we don’t want to be victims & we want to believe we are capable of making independent choices but how true is that? 1/2
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When females are raised & conditioned to not be self reliant or allowed to have full autonomy over our bodies & minds how does that set us up for future decisions? We can only work with the tools we were given to start with. Yes we can learn but the starting piont isn’t solid.
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It's interesting to me, that reading female detransitioners stories, they often say they have few regrets. Definitely would like to hear more voices around this.
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In all my engagement with trans /detrans discourse, I never considered this. Very, very good food for thought, thank you.
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