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KD Lang on masculine women

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Gingerkittykat · 28/07/2019 17:47

Facebook link to interview

KD Lang says society is threatened by masculine women. Is that correct in your experience?

Is that hostility to women who appear butch part of the trans problem? Is society less threatened and accepting of someone transitioning and probably appearing like a slightly effeminate man.

My view is we should be encouraging these gender non conforming women to embrace who they are.

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NeurotrashWarrior · 28/07/2019 18:42

The patriarchy doesn't like em.

NeurotrashWarrior · 28/07/2019 18:41

Not personally certainly; but I grew up admiring George in Famous five and knowing to be strong as a woman was good, the term masculine didn't really feature.

Masculine women today don't threaten me - not really sure what it means. Butch? It's possible it's more socially acceptable out and about to be a trans man as they usually pass well. It's certainly what some of the de transitioning women are saying they felt.

I wonder if it was more the case a good 10-15 years ago which is when today's teens were children. I feel in the last 5 years there's been a big celebration of sporting female heroes eg boxing, football, and tougher female leads in films (not quite butch yet though.)