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Peaceful Dave's avatar

Interesting that a woman suddenly living as a man perceives things about manhood that men raised as men were raised to be, or naturally are, indifferent to. Is it the view of an outsider looking in or a woman's view? A Dave Chappelle skit comes to mind.

Like you, I don't know what it feels like to be a man, it is just a natural state.

Before reading this I had not given much thought to the shock of the downside of manhood to a woman stepping into a man's world since the usual buzz is all about my privilege as a man. A white one at that.

Physical beauty brings highly prized power to woman, thus the extremes that transwomen go to to pass, and pass as physically sexually desirable. Transmen need something a bit different in their mojo bag. The ability, or at least the persona of being capable of being a formidable and dangerous force. This does come with some baggage that plastic surgery and makeup cannot fix.

But as I wrote, I, and I think most men, are indifferent to the things troubling to the new transman. I do find it fascinating that I don't see transmen going on and on about transphobia and "genocide." That comes from trans women. Ironically it makes people think they are hysterical, emotional, pussies, the most negative stereotype of women that needs to be jettisoned. And yet, they are biological men.

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Incel Theory's avatar

"Physical beauty brings highly prized power to woman..."

Does it bring real power though? You might rethink that reading this;

https://thenoosphere.substack.com/p/this-is-how-ridiculously-great-life

"Interesting that a woman suddenly living as a man perceives things about manhood that men raised as men were raised to be, or naturally are, indifferent to."

If the Manosphere and Incelsphere is anything to go by, men are not indifferent to these things at all. The internet has provided a platform where they can finally openly discuss (or complain) about it, or downright act out about it in sometimes less than beneficial ways.

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Peaceful Dave's avatar

You become what you think. I had to Google Manosphere and Incelsphere. Hopefully you don't go by the people in those cesspools. When I speak of men, I'm not thinking of fringe aberrations.

Googled the Noösphere. Sounds like people who go recharge their crystals in a pyramid in the vortex in Sedona. The woman who wrote that article couldn't understand that the female version of incels wasn't buying into her misfortune of beauty, Geezzz.

The internet is quite a curse that is doing a splendid job of fucking people's minds up. I'm glad I came of age before people started listening to internet "influencers."

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Lightwing's avatar

I agree that the internet is often toxic. But, the silver lining might be that we are learning things about each other and ourselves that we have never before considered. Where this new knowledge and insight might lead one can only hope.

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