Saw someone share a study that many transgender "women" (men) actually seem to fetishize, and be turned on by, the idea of being a woman. Which is not at all the same as actually feeling like you are a woman obviously. It was some MRI based study i think.
I don't understand how anyone can "feel like they are a woman." How do you know what it feels like to be someone else?
Whenever you ask for more details, the majority of these men just want to look "pretty" and "sexy" like the women they desire IRL or in media. But as soon as they put on a dress, they get labeled as "transgender" and often get addicted to the feeling of being "sexy" and "special."
They need help breaking the addiction and realizing that there's nothing special about putting on a dress and makeup. Some realize this years later, when life isn't magically better and the endorphin rush from wearing women's clothing is gone.
How do people feel like they are a fruit or some other ridiculous thing. Its mental illness. Personally i think it is possible to "feel like a woman" but i also think its incredibly rare and most of these people are enacting some kind of fetish without using enough introspection to figure out what is happening.
And it seems like either people embrace their fetish or shun them for it. It starts young, and I don't think parents know how to deal with it effectively. A therapist or psychiatrist will probably only encourage it, and never get to the actual problem.
That sounds more like an argument that was popular with feminists. I think the femonists called it autosexual, simple female bullying of other people with fancy words. The idea mostly died a few years ago.
I dont think its a feminist take. I think its a pretty realistic suggestion. The study was an MRI study not just some guy making claims. They measured these things. Wish i had saved it.
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