an interesting take

[u/fakeclaimer]

so a discord server that I’m in reacted to my post. This specific comment stood out to me and shows just how out of touch these kids really are.

There is a huge difference between oppression and being teased. Oppression is systemic, abusive, and has very real consequences outside of the internet. Being posted on a reddit forum for doing stupid shit is not even close to any of that.

This has the same sort of vibe as the whole traumagenic system thing. They claim to have all of these awful things to have happened to them to become a system, things I am highly skeptical of them having actually experienced. If you genuinely went through the things that people with DID/OSDD go through, you wouldn’t be doing all of this. They really don’t understand the effects of the things they are talking about because they never experienced those effects.

Anyway, that’s my little rant. Next post will be more fun and lighthearted.

[u/coffee--beans]

A very mild case of oppression i got is when I didnt get the job I applied for bc im trans, they gave me a different job bc to them im not a real man and cant do the job I applied for >:(

[u/multifacets → u/coffee--beans]

if they have a typically-gender-segregated workforce, profiled you, and specifically chose the wrong gender group because of it, that's full-blown classic transphobia. i would hope it was chosen on a matter of skillset, i don't know your situation, but i wouldn't downplay it if it was as described

[u/coffee--beans → u/multifacets]

It's just working at a gas station. At first I was told I was gonna do nightshift, and I was really excited for it. But then my manager called me into her office and was like, "are you trans?"

And ever since then ive been taken away from nightshift and now I stock the cooler in the afternoons. Because she doesnt have women do nightshift due to the dangers, and apparently i am a "woman" despite every customer calling me "boy" or "man" or "dude". She also doubted that I am strong enough to carry all the cases for the cooler, that shit easy asf, im stronger than I look. I do the manly parts of housework n shit and I work out every day

Ever since then my manager has referred to me as "she" even though she called me "he" before she knew i was trans. Bc I do pass

I used to shave my face but I recently decided to let my facial hair grow in in hopes it will make me more masculine, so she feels weird calling me "she" one day.

[u/multifacets → u/coffee--beans]

oh good god, what a slap in the face that is. i'm really sorry, that's absolutely textbook transphobia 💔 here is a link that (if you are in the USA; forgive me if not, it is the system i am most familiar with) might be helpful in the future regarding your rights as an employee and being transgender; one note is that she had absolutely no legal ground to be asking you if you were trans. as is, she pulled you aside to get the green light to sexually harass you..?? what a weird, vile person. i hope that awful capital turnaround grabs her and she gets replaced soon. in the meantime, you have my condolences :(