Trans women significantly outnumber trans men, and nonbinary females significantly outnumber nonbinary males. In these groups, people born male seem much more interested in a solid female identity, whereas people born female are more interested in an ambiguous one. 1/
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In both groups, the desire to have a male identity is the smallest (trans men). Why is this? I wonder how much is due to the importance placed on being sexually desirable; for example, nonbinary females would lose sexual status if they actually passed as non-female. 2/
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
afaik this used to be true but is now not true, there are a lot more ftms transitioning than mtfs. it varies a lot depending on culture and the corner of the internet. it changed quite a lot recently, from like maybe 3:1 mtf to 3:1 ftm.
my theory was the misgynistic society1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
ican’t know for sure but i’m guessing the degree of discrimination and visibility is a lot harder for transwomen than transmen, which enhances into the desire for a solid female identity. transmen post T have a lot easier time passing all impressions are distorted by passing...
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