But I don't live with the threat of actually having it erased or taken away
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I mean, this is the big thing, and it's why I came at you harder than I usually would. I know you and I know you get the transfem POV to >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
> a far greater extent than most cis guys, but I wanted you to know that you were doing a thing that was hurting trans guys when you wouild>
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
> immediately understand if it was being said about trans women.
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Well yeah -- it's not that the existence of trans people points to a reading of the reality of gender but cis people too
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
I bash masculinity a ton but the MRA sneer "Why not transition then and be free of male guilt" has always been self-evidently dumb
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Because, well, there's a baseline reality that I am a guy and that's just a fact
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I mean, I guess the big thing I'm trying to say is that I don't want a world without men, and gay men don't want a world without men
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
Basically no one worth listening to wants a world without men. At best, and this isn't always the case, ppl who say they oppose "men" >
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> are reifying toxic categories of masculinity that make it harder for men not to be dickweeds.
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I think @enumbrales has taken a stronger position on this than I have
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
I'm still working out my thoughts about what "manhood" would mean in a better world
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Replying to @arthur_affect
That's fair. I was engaging with you because I like, trust, and respect you as a friend and I wanted to say something
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