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	mad_teacup 2012-02-27 03:04 am UTC (link)
	I'm FtM but not transitioning (yet); I just want to claw my own skin off in horror at reading that. Where did they get the idea she is? This is so weird and WTF? Besides awful. Besides the most fucking awful shit ever. I can't. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ekaterinv
2012-02-27 03:33 am UTC (link)

I'm not sure, but I don't think that the "you're not a real woman" asshole necessarily thinks the letter-writer is trans. The asshole is gender-policing (which is inherently transphobic, of course, as well as misogynistic, homophobic, and totally fucked-up). The letter-writer stood up for what she believed in, therefore she's not a "real woman" and deserves to be raped.

That kind of thing has been directed at me plenty, from people who know that I am a cisgendered heterosexual woman. A woman who doesn't roll over and play dead for the boys isn't a "real woman", according to the gender police. Therefore you can call her anything and do anything you want to her.

There may be some further story that I'm missing behind this -- maybe that vile commenter did get the impression that the letter-writer was transgendered, somehow. But people like that never base their insults on facts, only on their ideals of what men and women "really" are. Anyone who doesn't conform to those ideals in every respect challenges the gender cop's worldview and must be pounded into dust.

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chikane
2012-02-27 08:41 am UTC (link)

There is something you are missing, yes.

They do think she is trans. The reason for this is that their target is an ally, who put the gender as "other".

It's not gender policing so much as plain transphobia. Typical brony stuff. They absolutely love being transphobic assholes even more than they love their homophobia (see the dude who, at other time, is arguing that homophobia is justified because homosexuals oppress and attack heterosexuals...apparently...).

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	ekaterinv 2012-02-27 09:09 am UTC (link)
	Blech. I saw some of the same phrases being used against her as I have had used against me, and have been all triggered all night. Sorry about being off on my reading. Homosexuals... oppress and attack heterosexuals... okay, WHAT. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

chikane
2012-02-27 09:17 am UTC (link)

I'm sorry, my post was harsh (I'm damn pissed at these "people"). It's quite likely there's also a whole lot of gender policing (since, as you said, they are the very people that hate women that don't roll around when a man says so) going on.

I just noticed the transphobia more. I get plenty of the gender essentialism IRL (being gay, so not wanting to fuck a dude often gets pretty nasty stuff), I just mostly felt this was mainly transphobia, with a side dish of all the other shit flung at females daring to defy a brony.

After all, male opinion >>>> female opinion.

Homosexuals... oppress and attack heterosexuals... okay, WHAT.

Apparently, us icky homos are more violent and scary than heteros, who have it so hard with all the evil PC policing going on. Apparently, all heterosexuals are constantly oppressed by that.

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ekaterinv
2012-02-27 09:27 am UTC (link)

Well you're doing a pretty poor job of oppression, I must say. If you want to catch up to how good so very, very many straight men are at oppressing heterosexuals, you're gonna have to put in some overtime. Though I still don't know if you'll ever catch up. I mean, how can you compete with hundreds of years (lowballing it) of straight rich guys oppressing pretty much everyone else? Just catching up to Rick Santorum's gonna take some really concerted effort!

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	chikane 2012-02-27 09:31 am UTC (link)
	LOl, that made me laugh, thanks. Needed that in the morning! Santorum really is a good measuring stick, isn't he. Only thing he's good for, really. Even I know about him, and I'm from Euroland. Guess I'll have to start with the overtime then. Maybe I'll oppress some straight dudes while shopping. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hobosocks 2012-02-27 04:00 am UTC (link)
	It really is the most awful thing ever. Have some adorable puppies instead. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	miraba 2012-02-27 04:09 am UTC (link)
	Thanks, that was nice to watch after the wank above. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mad_teacup 2012-02-27 04:54 am UTC (link)
	I'm so glad I watched that! Now I want don't have to go to bed super depressed. That made me smile! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 07:25 am UTC (link)
	Your sacrifice has saved me from looking, senor. Thank you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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