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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Up above there were trans activists who were insisting no trans folks want to force dating partners to date trans folks. But there are articles/commentary online saying exactly that. Here is one, for instance: https://link.medium.com/4hoCDsSDe7

As a woman who has been sexually assaulted, I found this article horrifying. Consent is something women have fought for for years. And yet, here is someone insisting that not allowing access to another person's body is transphobic. People get a right to say no and to exercise consent regardless of the reason. There should be NO entitlement at all to another person's body. None.

It's articles like this that I find very, very difficult to absorb. It absolutely feels like this is the point of view of someone who doesn't understand or care about the history of rape and violence against women at all. [/quote]

I thought that article was interesting. It demonstrates a lack of understanding that men and women are wired over tens of thousands of years of evolution to be sexually attracted to the opposite sex. Usually, trans people do not look like a non-trans person of the sex that they're changing into. They can wear whatever clothes and get breast implants and plaster whatever amount of makeup on their face but there are usually a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle differences.

It's also lacking the understanding that men and women usually find the opposite sex's genitalia - and the way it functions biologically - to be sexually attractive. I'm not sure how good the surgeries are these days but I'd be shocked if someone couldn't tell the difference.

Frankly, I think the article comes across as clueless and entitled.

And when I read it again with the context that the PP mentions, I see that it's even worse. Nobody owes anyone an explanation. And frankly, it really comes across as very "male" to insist that someone should date someone even if they're not into it. I've never heard a woman imply that a man should date her even when he doesn't want to for ANY reason, it's just something that men tend to pressure women into.[/quote]

As a sexual assault survivor, the article is horrifying.[/quote]

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