Women have a huge privilege compared to trans women

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IDanielRadcliffe · 28/06/2020 14:47

www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/transgender-diary-women-have-huge-privilege-compared-transwomen/

I think DT manages to be both racist and sexist this week.

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HappyPunky · 28/06/2020 15:01

Harassment only has to happen once?!?! I've been getting harrassed for 30 years. The social distancing and quieter streets have been such a relief.

They don't know they're born

StillWeRise · 28/06/2020 15:01

you just don't know where to start really

testing987654321 · 28/06/2020 15:01

God, I have just realised that it looks like I am almost wishing he does experience abuse, I absolutely don't. I just think he has no idea how much time/effort actual women spend avoiding male violence and abuse.

noblegiraffe · 28/06/2020 15:00

I’ve been harassed by men three times this week despite appearing normal, feminine and unthreatening. It’s not the protection the author thinks it is.

howonearthdidwegethere · 28/06/2020 15:00

Is this the person who was excited to 'transition' because they liked having jiggling breasts as they ran up stairs in the London Underground? The person who said they had 'missed out on 30 years of shopping' by not being born a woman?

Obviously I'm going to take their drivel seriously, as a middle aged woman. Not.

Mercifully their drivel is behind a paywall which spares most of us from having to see it.

Vermeil · 28/06/2020 14:58

For a group of people who wish to be considered part of the ‘sisterhood’, they so often display a complete lack of understanding, empathy, and incredible levels of tone-deafness.

testing987654321 · 28/06/2020 14:58

This was my favourite bit.

Transwomen face sky-high rates of harassment, abuse and violence. It hasn’t happened to me yet. But it only has to happen once, the possibility is always there, and part of my mind is permanently engaged in the job of trying to avoid it by appearing normal, feminine and unthreatening.

2Rebecca · 28/06/2020 14:57

Strange, when I went on HRT I didn't expect it to change my hobbies. TRAs really don't understand that your personality & interests and your sex are 2 different things

OliveKitteridgeAgain · 28/06/2020 14:53

I'm not a subscriber, but can see the first line which says:

One of the discoveries one makes when transitioning is not how much changes, but how little. For example, no amount of oestrogen can dim my passion for American football.

Person needs to take hormones to discover - what a shocker - that you can like sport and frocks all at the same time!

2Rebecca · 28/06/2020 14:53

A lot of TRAs spout that nonsense. They're keen to win the "most oppressed of all" medal. This person could have stayed a white middle class male if they were concerned about privilege

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