Yeah so to me one of the good things abt Trans Discourse is framing things as personal due to dysphoria vs. universal gender shit
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Like one of the most notoriously selfish and thoughtless ppl I knew in college became 1000% a better person after he came out as a trans man
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
And went on T, which makes this whole "testosterone causes you to be a jerk" thing really dumb
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And in context -- he framed his own dysphoria as sublimated misogyny, doing selfish/thoughtless things bc "That's how girls are"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
So while an AMAB person might express jerkishness in masculine ways he did it by being a "flighty" "impulsive" "ditzy" MPDG stereotype
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Hence the ppl who judged him for his behavior most were female friends who were super pissed at this kind of excuse
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
So yes, the inverse of the stereotype of the misogynistic douche bro who's a trans egg exists, even if it's less common
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Worth noting that *empathetic* and *emotional* are separate things & he acted selfishly by being emotionally demonstrative
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Precisely. I've always been hyperempathic but before HRT I would do things like try to start fights because I was acting out
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Just based on his case I'd argue a lot of this "empathy" thing may be bc dysphoria specifically makes some ppl weird abt the "opposite" sex
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Before this person transitioned the consensus was "Oh she's decent if bratty to other women but treats men like tokens in a game not people"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Everyone in college turned against him bc he did a text message breakup w a bf that devastated him and then was like "Grow up"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
This might actually be fodder for gender essentialists since that's more typical guy behavior and he was a guy all along but
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