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1. It is sexist to assume all men must be a certain way and all women must be a certain way.

2. Whether one is trans or not is determined by whether one does or does not experience sex dysphoria.

3. When someone does not experience sex dysphoria but does not identify as their assigned birth gender, we ask why?

4. Often, these people are assuming all men simply behave in certain ways, feel certain things, and relate to the label “man” in a universal way. These people are also assuming all women simply behave in certain ways, feel certain things, and relate to the label “woman” in a universal way.

5. In a culture defined by gendered roles and machismo for men and hyperfemininity for women, these assumptions about “other men” and “other women” are likely the result of a sexist society.

6. These arguments are sexist in their nature.

7. People with sexist assumptions about their own sex have internalized sexism.

8. People who only think “it would be really cool to be a man/woman because X, Y, and Z” are making assumptions about what being a man must be and what being a woman must be. That there is some universal “man/woman” experience they can opt into.

9. These assumptions are fallacies, fantasies, and fetishes.

10. These two lines of reasoning are why people who do not experienc sex dysphoria would not identify with their birth sex.

11. Truscum often reject the argument of “I am X because I identfy that way, and because I identify that way, I am X,” and consider it a circular argument.

12. Because feminine men are still men and masculine women are still women, truscum reject the argument that gender is based on presentation or femininity/masculinity.

13. Those are gender roles and holding them as the gold standard is sexism.

14. There is a significant body of scientific research about trans people having brain structures similar to that of their intended gender.

15. Because of this biological basis, sex dysphoria occurs. In order for sex dysphoria to improve, one transitions according to the common standard of care.

16. Transsexualism is then a maladaptive condition that causes distress (dysphoria) and thereby needs medical intervention to correct it.

17. Thus it is a medical condition and should remain medicalized in order to provide treatment.

18. Calling it a medical condition does not mean trans people are mentally ill, but only that they require medical treatment.

19. Assuming that having a medical condition and requiring medical treatment is inherently a bad thing and negative is an ableist assumption.

20. Animals are adorable, have some pictures.