Evan Urquhart

Unable to see the nuance, they act as if they see themselves as innocent victims and project that idea onto anyone who looks like them. This is why they’ll often genuinely believe their opinions are shared by all cis women and feel as if their actions are heroic.

But in order to maintain this point of view in the face of consistent evidence otherwise, mental gymnastics are necessary. Since the core belief that holds their entire perspective together is that they’re powerless victims, every perspective must hinge on this.

That same core belief is the root of GC sexism. By clinging to this idea that the world is composed of weak women and strong predators, they end up subconsciously believing that women, as a whole, are mostly powerless. And that view is precisely the opposite of feminism.

Actually, if I’m wrong here, correct me? My feminist history is spotty. But it seems to me that the entire thrust of feminism, from the suffragettes onward was about women literally displaying that they can kick men’s butts at politics when they feel like it.

As someone who’s worked extensively in the area of how mindsets affect personal growth and who shows people how to reframe their thinking for a living, it’s absolutely true that what we believe about the world frequently determines what we’re capable of.

Focusing on the belief that we’re powerless leads to a sense that our options are being continually removed, one by one, like the walls are closing in. We can see the effect of this in GC politics on every level. Now, let’s bring this back around to trans men.

In order for GCs to maintain their belief that all people with XX chromosomes are born victims, they must include trans men in their analysis with women. Since they view women as powerless, they cannot allow trans men to have psychological autonomy or their views dissolve.

At the same time, trans men are often totally indistinguishable from cis men, and this is where the psychological dissonance intensifies. If trans men are women, and women are all victims, then trans men *must* be victims, too. But they want to fit in with the, uh, bad guys.