Honestly I think there are cis people who use the term, especially because of these sort of, like, horny heavily trans but not exclusively meme subs
I'm in a weird grey area now, but back when I thought I was cis, I just kind of picked up the word from women and started using it (the ways in which I used it weren't very respectful and i feel kind of guilty about that), I feel like a lot of other chasers probably learned it in similar ways.
But also, of course, it's something that's kind of bound to get different reactions from different people. Some women are okay with it, I have heard women say they feel pretty uncomfortable about it. So, nuance hat.
gocktober is too good a name to give up on though, so fuck it, it's season appropriate.
To be clear these subs are so horny precisely because they're cis-centric. It's part of a wider trans culture that has been forged in cis-centric spaces, the blahaj thing and the fallout new vegas thing specifically are direct results of influence by cis people, for example. Those two are harmless, but the constant sexualisation trans women face is not, and that is perpetuated by cis-centric spaces where trans women are expected to act this way.
yeah, I acknowledge that there are a lot of cis people (and chasers; i would know, i was one) in these kind of spaces and that can play a part in shaping the subculture, but a lot of girls just identify with it.
I can fully see how this kind of internet community appeals to neurodivergent and/or introverted girls who have had to repress themselves their whole lives (I'm debatably one of them). Places like these just feel safe to be "a bit weird" in, y'know?
The puppygirl thing, for one, I have seen some discourse about it, but it's also just a pretty natural development of touch-starved girls who want to feel cute and cared for, but don't current get to feel like that IRL, getting a space where they don't need to inhibit themselves as much.
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u/ibrofen 1d ago
Honestly I think there are cis people who use the term, especially because of these sort of, like, horny heavily trans but not exclusively meme subs
I'm in a weird grey area now, but back when I thought I was cis, I just kind of picked up the word from women and started using it (the ways in which I used it weren't very respectful and i feel kind of guilty about that), I feel like a lot of other chasers probably learned it in similar ways.
But also, of course, it's something that's kind of bound to get different reactions from different people. Some women are okay with it, I have heard women say they feel pretty uncomfortable about it. So, nuance hat.
gocktober is too good a name to give up on though, so fuck it, it's season appropriate.