Imagine for a moment that we were having a discussion about trans womens struggles.
Someone says something like:
"Trans women are often viewed by society as being predatory men and this stereotype is incredibly harmful to trans women"
This is reasonable and true, it is backed by the material realities and experiences of trans women.
But what if someone responded with:
"Remove the word "trans" from this sentence and it sounds incredibly stupid! Women (cis women) aren't viewed by society as predators! Any trans woman who says she's been viewed as a predator for being a woman must not understand how the world works!"
We can agree that this is a ridiculous argument that ignores the reality of being a trans women in favor of projecting a cis-hetero-patriarchal view of gender onto trans women, while invalidating those who don't fit that framework.
Now take this and apply it to trans men.














