They’re not trying to say its “turning people trans” they’re saying it’s disrespectful and toxic to try and break other people’s eggs. People need to discover themselves at their own pace, they know who they are best and what they want for themselves. People don’t have the right to try and decide a person’s gender for someone else, that’s wrong.
Also, it reinforces gender norms. “If you’re not a boy, that’s means you’re a girl who needs girl hormones.” There’s still the entire spectrum in between. You can be either, or neither.
If you see one meme in passing that says “wouldn’t you feel better as a cute girl?” and your unironic reaction is “OMG YUSSSS UWU HOW’D YOU GUESS?!” spoilers - you may not be as cis as you think.
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They’re not trying to say its “turning people trans” they’re saying it’s disrespectful and toxic to try and break other people’s eggs. People need to discover themselves at their own pace, they know who they are best and what they want for themselves. People don’t have the right to try and decide a person’s gender for someone else, that’s wrong.
Also, it reinforces gender norms. “If you’re not a boy, that’s means you’re a girl who needs girl hormones.” There’s still the entire spectrum in between. You can be either, or neither.
Classic cishet cognitive bias: It doesn’t bother me, so it shouldn’t bother you!
That’s…a cishet thing? I’m not sure it is.
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So it’s very appropriate for someone who would be in the potential category to comment.
When they open with dismissiveness, I’m inclined to dismiss them too.
This isn’t how I expected to find out.