ALRIGHT

To literally everyone flooding our inbox right now…

I am drawing a line in the sand:

Yes, trans men are men. Yes, they benefit from male privilege. Yes they have male privilege.

They benefit from the ingrained societal glorification of their gender and masculinity (regardless of whether they transition or not) If they ‘pass’ (hate that term tbh) as male, they are rewarded for their masculinity even more They can and do put down femininity (kind of understandable, as a reaction against the “you’re just a woman” stuff, but still an awful thing to do) and use gendered slurs against women They contribute to and benefit from misogyny and transmisogyny- they can and do oppress women, cis and trans alike, and other genders as well They can and do perpetuate rape culture and violence against women (there are legitimate trans MRA rape apologists… ugh) They very often speak over women and other genders They will gladly occupy feminist spaces and attend women’s colleges, and take up resources for women They try to dominate every space they are in, and forcibly level out the trans community to prioritize themselves over trans women They will deny their male privilege in one breath and accuse dmab folks of having male privilege in the next (yeah it’s not cute)

No, it is not always fair to lump them in wholesale with cis men, and treat the two groups as absolutely the same, when cis men see them as women anyway, and use that to oppress them.

Trans men are correctively raped and assaulted for being trans Trans men are bullied for being trans Trans men are denied housing and job opportunities for being trans Trans men are kicked out of their homes for being trans Trans men attempt/commit suicide for being trans, and this is encouraged by society Trans men who are gay are mocked and rejected by gay cis men for 'not really being men’ and are shamed for their genitalia (if they don’t have penises that is) Trans men can and do experience dysphoria

But, none of these things happen to trans men as much or as often or as severely as they do to trans women. No trans men should ever state these facts with a 'too’ attached. Any ire for trans men from the patriarchy is for their 'breaking out of the mold’. Violence against trans men is mostly borne of putting “women” in their place. The motivation is misogyny. Trans men can never be oppressed for being men.

In many instances, it might not seem fair to say every trans man ever benefits from male privilege, but then again, every cisqueer man ever benefits from male privilege, men of color benefits from male privilege, disabled men benefit from male privilege.

But none of them are the 'ideal man’, so they still suffer under the kyriarchy. So, no, trans men, stop complaining that you don’t benefit from male privilege because X- men of all sorts can be oppressed, but not for being men.

And, in any instance, 'benefits from male privilege’ is less loaded than 'has male privilege’ anyway.

Please no more messages about this, because I know this will only encourage more people to message us about it :/ However, I would very much like to hear what any trans women have to say on this matter.

All that being said, if a trans woman or dmab enby is complaining about men in general, including trans men, or even solely trans men, keep it to yourself plskthx :3