Gender Therapy thread

>>8536212
>Tells me gender is a social construct, and that what it means to be a woman changes in cultures

This part is true. By the 22nd century, people will remember trans exclusion the same way we remember segregation. Womanhood will be just as easily available to AMABs as it is to AFABs, and they probably won't use those terms anymore.

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>be me, born male and in early 20's, present more non-binary.
>androgynous soft facial features and expensive laser and electrolysis facial hair removal done for almost a year
>be at local burger place with some friends
>while getting napkins, hear gruff voice from a table behind me, "is that a boy or a girl? looks like a freak without the c"
>don't even know what that means
>don't say anything, walk back to table and sit down
>can see who said it from across the restaurant, looked like two older creepy truck drivers

i talked about it with my friends when i got back to our table that was out of ear shot. eventually came to the conclusion that how i feel about myself is more important than what someone else feels about me. at first i did feel really mad, although i didn't say anything or make any eye contact with the table. one of my friends even laughed at the idea that i could have said something like "actually i'm male, but you're not my type." anyone have similar experiences they want to share?

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>>8536234
>looks like a freak without the c

>>8536212
>>Tells me gender is a social construct, and that what it means to be a woman changes in cultures


yeah, now please give me a culture where I would fit as a woman while looking nothing like one and being used to male socialization

this rhetoric is practically useless whether you buy into it or not

>>8536256
It of course doesnt mean that. We still must abide the rules of society. What is important to take away from that is what womanhood (or any genderhood) is all about - being true to yourself and expressing and acting in whatever way makes you happy.

>>8536234
>>8536251
my best guess is 'she is a woman without a cunt'?

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>>8536284
>>8536251

after i got to the table i was thinking that the c stood for that, too. just made me feel uneasy, and it's certainly not the first time i've heard things like this. i was just wondering if some of you have gone through similar experiences. if so, how did you go about sorting the situation out? i obviously didn't react, as no one said anything directly to me. someone has approached me at a public transit stop before, and said some disturbing things, and i've had to get up and move. even when i got on the train, they sat next to me and continued to harass me, so i told him to stay away from me and i got up and moved to another seat.

>>8536284
> being true to yourself and expressing and acting in whatever way makes you happy.

That is some common place mumbling that shows lack of understanding what being trans is. You don't want to fight gender norms, you feel belonging to the other gender/sex and consciously and unconsciously want to be it physically and socially too. You have deeply rooted need to be accepted as the gender you feel you are (and that is true for cis people as well) not as some special case.
Trying to convince yourself that it's society fault for not letting you wear a dress cause were born a man doesn't help with dysphoria.

>>8536389
>That is some common place mumbling that shows lack of understanding what being trans is.

not every tg person is going to have the same experience, and your 'understanding what being trans is' doesn't define the actual experience of being transgender.

you should speak from experience rather than trying to speak the truth of what you think is correct.

>>8536389
Speak for yourself.

>and that is true for cis people as well
[citation needed]