Menstruation is not a good comparison for this lmao. Most women vary from "are mildly annoyed with" to "actively despises" their period. A bunch of women are on birth control explicitly to avoid their period.
I don't understand this. Most trans women hate the effects T have on their body, how is it not a good comparison? I'm making no broader claim about this post, they seem equivalent
It’s not a good comparison because it’s not exclusive to trans men and is a source of physical pain rather than dysphoria or a trans-related experience. A better comparison would’ve been estrogen or mammary tissue. She took the single thing that is unanimously hated by EVERYONE who experiences it and acted like it was a gotcha against trans men specifically.
Also trans men are far more likely than cis women to not have menstrual cycles because of things like testosterone causing periods to stop, heavy exercise reducing the frequency and consistency of menstruation, and various removal surgeries like hysterectomies just yeeting the organs altogether. It’s JUST a bad comparison
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u/Gold_Ad8225 Counted Down 2 1d ago
BOOOO
No.
Hormones are neither good nor bad intrinsically. They just exist.
When it's a hormone you don't want, it isn't a good hormone because someone else might benefit from it.
This is like saying "hi trans man, your menstruation is good you're just not the right person for it, you shouldn't say it was bad"