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DiscussionDysphoria = cognitive dissonance
The title says it all. Dysphoria is the sensation that occurs when someone who is delusional about their membership in the opposite sex class is reminded that they know the truth about themselves.
It manifests as psychological pain because holding two conflicting thoughts in one’s head simultaneously causes extreme friction. Delusional belief in oneself cannot coexist comfortably with knowledge of one’s delusion.
There is an active thread in r/honesttransgender about how terrifyingly awful TERFs are. So much so, apparently, that some TIMs would rather go live in countries where the incidence of trans murder is sky high than live in a place like the UK, where women are semi-free to nonviolently express their concerns about space-invading men. Never mind the fact the UK has not seen a trans homicide in over 3 years; I guess murder isn’t a big deal anymore. TERF central is located in the UK and that’s enough to make it a less hospital than a place where transphobic violence is actually epidemic.
Riiight.
TERFs strike the fear in the hearts of TIP because our arguments induce cognitive dissonance in a way that true bigoted viewpoints do not. They are based in truth, logic, and common sense, and they are historically informed. The trans community knows that we are right; after all, they believe what we do. And we can be sure of that precisely because, as they admit, our opinions cause them agonizing pain. The proof is in the pain.
TRAs have to threaten us with violence to make us fearful. Their words do not cause us the pain of cognitive dissonance, so the next best thing is death and rape threats.
A bit unrelated but I just noticed the description for r/MTF is “A Safe Haven for MAAB Transgender People.” I have never heard of “MAAB” before, I assume it means “male assigned at birth.” What happened to AMAB? Is it considered offensive or something? Does anyone know?
As the terms AFAB/AMAB have entered common parlance, they are being used as synonyms for female/male, and hence they have become transphobic. Of course the problem is that biological reality itself is transphobic, so any neologism referring to it will inevitably become transphobic as well.
Well said! You'd think that if biological sex was as irrelevant as they claim it is, they wouldn't need to constantly reinvent new terms for it 🤔
Why is MAAB any better? Same words, different order? I know asking for a logical answer on this is already crazy, but curious on where they’re going with this.
It's actually outdated language-- FAAB/MAAB used to be the standard abbreviation probably circa 2010-2015. They used to sell t-shirts for example for transmen that said "FAABulous". A bunch of trans people got upset that the order of the letters "centered" their sex at birth and so the standard became AFAB/AMAB (where the "assignment" language became the priority in the acronym.)
Fun fact: as a person possessed of quite substantial sacks of joy, I can exclusively reveal that they get cold when I get cold. Due to, you know, being on the outside part of my body and made moreover largely of fat. My hips and butt are also often cold to the touch when in cold climates. THE MORE YOU KNOW TIMOTHY.
Yes! In really hot weather plunging your boobs in cold water or just wetting them and letting the water dry works wonders! Must be all that fat?
NB Please do not tell the TIMs this. It is too good to share.
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I imagine he never uses a canoe that's for a single person only, he just gets in with another person who has to paddle while he fondles himself.
Like those people who just sit on a tandem bike to let the other person do all the work, just with more fetish involved.
huh? life vests are so clunky, ill fitting, and awkward that i would find it difficult to even touch my boobs while wearing one...:/
What? It doesn't even make sense.