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Differences of living as a woman vs man (in my experience)
So I’m a transgender man and there are a few things different about how I was treated when I identified as a woman compared to now as a man:
-when I’m expected to just deal with things. When I was a woman and needed help, people would offer it to me before I even got the chance to ask. Now I’m supposed to just be fine and deal with all my problems
-I get a lot less sympathy now
-I don’t get much attention. I thought I wouldn’t mind this because I don’t like people noticing me but it feels lonely like this.
-I hardly get compliments anymore
-people are hesitant to believe me when I say things
-people assume I’m a bad person now when I’m actually just minding my own business
-body shamed more as a man
-i experience more harassment as a man
-I’m a shy person but when I was a woman, people thought I was cute and mysterious. Now they just think I’m a weirdo and a creep.
-I experience more sexism now
-I feel a lot of pressure to have sex/always want sex
-I have worse mental health now, mostly to do with financial pressure and pressure to date which I didn’t feel when I was a woman
And I was a feminist before I identified as transgender. I stopped when I realised they don’t see me as a real man. They hate on cis men and act supportive towards trans men which is just harmful
can you tell me about the pressure to date as a man that isn't there as a woman?
Thank you for sharing your experiences they are eye opening, I wish you nothing but the best.
There is a bit of pressure on women. But I meant like how men are supposed to make the first move and I’m not very good at that.
It feels sometimes like some men are looked down on if they’ve never had a real girlfriend, the same way virgins are looked down on.
Bet the feminists will listen to an "oppressed" trans person.
Probably, which is pretty sad
Well they’ll listen more to trans men than cis men