Trans men are men.

  • Mango@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Trans men are men.

    So why even use the word ‘trans’? Surely it’s meaningless. No conceivable difference, right?

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      4 months ago

      The big group men include both cis men and trans men. Both are men.

      It’s pretty simple if you’re not a asshole about it.

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        What makes us men any more than being beings with arbitrary shapes? I’m using arbitrary in the literal sense of “decided by individuals without regards to external factors”.

        I’m not a man. I’m me, and I happen to be in this body. All these words are just ways other people are labeling me so they can decide how I’m to be treated. Putting a label on a person is no different than putting a handle on your coffee pot.

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                  Dude what are you talking about? I can spend a lot of time describing what I do for work, or I can use a label that describes my occupation. It won’t 100% do the job, but will be sufficient most of the time, and if not I can elaborate. How do you even talk to people without using labels, are you happen to be Treebeard or something?