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"As a male, it's acceptable for me to "hate" maleness, and I think that's better than leaving only females to dismantle patriarchy." Please don't hate yourself
by Crake 13y ago
"As a male, it's acceptable for me to "hate" maleness, and I think that's better than leaving only females to dismantle patriarchy."
Please don't hate yourself for the way you were born.
Believing in the moral righteousness of self-hate over unchangeable attributes invalidates the mantra of pro-GLBT rights groups everywhere. People have told me all my life that I'm disgusting and degenerate and innately evil because of something I have absolutely no control over. I don't like seeing GLBT hating themselves, and I don't like straight people hating themselves either, whether agender or female or male.
Would you tell a trans guy that he should hate himself for being male? No? Why a cis guy, then? Because the average trans guy does not want to be considered any different from the cis guy.
Of course, there are some feminists who believe that trans men are traitors to females everywhere for trying to "become" part of the patriarchy. These feminists say that trans men are just women that are trying to make a grab for male privilege, but the reality is just that the trans guy is trying to be who he is. He can't help the way he was born. And yet, here you are saying "it's fine" to be considered a "gender traitor" and that it's acceptable to "hate" maleness. Can you see how this is harmful to GLBT? We're already really marginalized as is because of the general attitude of "you were born the wrong way."
But I can't help it, and neither can you.
Do you see where I'm going with this? I hope you can understand, at least a little.