It's just getting so bloody messy. So here is an scenario of 4 job applicants.
29 year old, born a man wearing a suit and tie, a bit of stubble walks into a job interview. Doesn't get questioned when they are having kids.
A 29 year old "biological" woman who has a) better job experience, b) a better degree, than the applicant above, but is the "prime age for having kids. she gets asked about her family.
A 29 year old trans woman with the same experience as the person above, is also interviewed. She didn't get asked about her family.
A 29 trans man was also interviewed. Same qualifications as the man. Also wasn't asked about their family.
Only the man and the trans man got selected to be taken to second rounds of interview.
Was it because the other two applicants where women?
No it wasn't.
Because the fourth was, a woman, but she came across as a man.
The second applicant was perceived a risk because they might go on maternity leave.
The second was because of the prejudice of a man bring feminine. Women are inferior so why would you want to be one..
This, in very simple terms is why women support the rights of men wanting to break the social terms of gender and be "feminine" but why we can't except trans women as women.
We strive for equality, but not the same rights.
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boomitscountginula · 24/11/2017 22:22
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