Aurathere's something to be discussed about how cis people's main takeaway from the fact that transfems tend to experience abusive childhoods is "that must be the cause (and therefore we can prevent or invalidate trannies)!" and not "holy cow transmisogyny is so strong that it doesn't care whether or not someone is out"
Ms. Rachel Andry (Isn't Real)@pleasantaura I don't think most people realize exactly how pervasive the Crazy Trans Woman stereotype really is.
if we delay our transitions by decades compared to our AFAB peers (which is a thing that's statistically happening), it's not because transmisogyny is keeping us in the closet, but because we're evil pedophiles nefariously grooming large numbers of young, innocent AFAB trans people.
if we have high rates of mental illness and self-harm, it's not because we have trouble finding trans-affirming gender care or mental health care, but because our transness is simply a page in the wider folio of our mental illnesses.
if we're hypersexual or have an overly sexualized relation to our bodies, it's not because that's a thing that the cishetero patriarchy forced on us, but because we're evil narcissistic sex demons.
if we're suspicious of men or express class solidarity with other women and fems, it's not because we've realized the liberatory potential of radical feminism, but because of our "masculinity trauma."
and I could go on.