As much as I do strongly believe that trans women end up having a unique relationship to our gender by virtue of having been treated as boys
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Yeah, and learning "male" speech patterns is something women in the workplace have been taught for a long time
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@arthur_affect@BootlegGirl I remember these voice lesson CDs for trans people a decade ago that definitely emphasized being less assertive. -
@arthur_affect@BootlegGirl As well as some weirdly stereotypical stuff involving vocabulary and word choice. - Show replies
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@arthur_affect@BootlegGirl sounds like there's a lot of overlap with "accent training" classesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect@BootlegGirl yeah :/ and letting people ignore me when I'm trying to explain something important is preferable to not passingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect@BootlegGirl I thought about that a lot when I did nothing but phone interviews for what is my current job.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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