fierceawakening:

shanneibh:

fierceawakening:

bizarrolord:

tranny-levi:

theradicaltwig:

You “feel like a woman”? Really ? Do you ?

Did you grow up thinking your future was being locked up in a house pregnant ? Did you grow up thinking having sex would hurt ? Did you grow up thinking you would either be a prude or a slut? Did you grow up thinking your body was wrong and ugly? Did you grow up wondering what was happening to your body because no one talks about female puberty ? Did you grow up knowing you would have to shave your body hair ? When you were a kid, were you ever called “bossy” for having an opinion ? Did they ever tell you you “would change your mind” if you didn’t want to get married and have children ? Did boys harass you at fucking primary school ? Did they tell you you were ugly? Did they ask before they touched your body ? Have you ever started your day and suddenly had a panic attack because you realized you forgot to put make up on or you forgot to shave ? Have you ever starved yourself to the point of passing out because you were “fat”? Have you ever had to sleep less because you had to : Do your make up, do your hair, choose outfit, work out ? Have you ever wondered if you would end up being stoned to death ? Married to an unknown older guy who would rape you ? Have you ever feared to be raped ? Well know what ? I’m scared to be raped AGAIN. Have you ever walked on the streets, hoping no one would harass / rape / kill you ? Have you ever used public transportations without being scared to death of the men around you ? Did you ever have to wear uncomfortable outfits and shoes ? Have you ever feared for your life for simply going out with friends ? Have you ever feared for your life when a man harassed you ? Not knowing how to get rid off him ? Have your boss ever touched your ass? Kissed you ? Do you have to hear that women are ugly and dumb several times a day, everyday ? From your relatives, your dad, your brother, your uncle, your son?

You might pass as a woman because you perform well the shitty fetishes of men. But you know what ? I’ve gone through all these things, I still do. Whether I’m feminine or not. Because I’m not hated and treated like an object based on my clothes. It happens because men hate women.

So trans women aren’t women because you’re paranoid?

Your abuse has nothing to do with what other people need to do in order to not kill themselves.

Also not all females grew up with the same shitty expectations you were. There is very little “universal female experience”- a lot of what you listed tends to be limited to a specific socioeconomic class, a specific subculture, or a specific situation (abusive family members).

GET OVER YOURSELF.

IS that what being a woman feels like?

Maybe I do feel like a man, then.

Umh… that is probably the worst TERF argument I’ve ever seen. Are you saying you’re not a woman unless you’ve lived your entire life being abused and/or fearing abuse? That’s such a weird fucked up thing to say on so many levels I don’t even know where to start unpacking this.

It makes sense in TERF, I think.

Because the whole underpinning of terfiness, as I understand it, is that genders aren’t real things people have, they’re social classes. They’re a system of social control designed to exploit the weaker group for the benefit and amusement of the more powerful one.

The more powerful one is called “men” and the less powerful one is called “women.”

So, since “woman” just means “member of the exploited class,” “what it feels like to be a woman” isn’t about femininity or comfort in one’s own body or other things like that.

The only thing you experience “as a woman” is exploitation, so when you feel especially woman-y, you either feel afraid or angry.