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I've got my own takes on this, but I'm curious about y'all's.

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[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you asking why there's no representation or why the animosity is mostly at MTFs?

For representation I would guess it's because society is transphobic and likes to see FTMs as female still and pushes that female gender norm of being unseen and unrepresented.

I imagine the animosity is because mainstream society is transphobic and if you're born male you're a threat but not if born female.

In short, I think both are a combination of transfobia and traditional gender norms.

[–] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't word my question specifically enough, but I'll leave it to the interpretation of the reader.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it's plenty specific. Talking about the invisibility of FTMs without focusing it further lets us cover many branches of that invisibility.

I apologize if I phrased anything to be judgemental, it wasn't my intention.

Nah you're good don't worry. I wanted to clarify for future readers my intent so it's not confusing.