This is great, holy shit, thank you for linking it.
I have a lot of complicated thoughts about being a trans man and how I didn't internalize a lot of toxic masculinity re: Accepted Male Behavior/Attitudes because I never had a chance to - I'm not even talking about being socialized female [because from a young age, some accepted-female-socialization behaviors were things I didn't perform/didn't make sense] but because I'm hypermobile and my body has been an epic bag of dicks since I was a kid I never got to, like, be active and Do "Guy Shit" and formulate my concept of self as action hero. As a kid I was the geek who read books and didn't play sportsball, as an adult I'm the hobbit who wants to eat elevensies and live my quiet-ass life and Not go on adventures. [I had some "adventures" not by choice in my 20s/early 30s, 0/10 recommend.]
But this three-part article actually explains a lot about, for example, MAGA radicalization and why a lot of guys from my generation went that way, because Fighting Darth Brandon or whatever is their big epic good v. evil battle.
Again, thank you and I'm looking forward to your thoughts.
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I have a lot of complicated thoughts about being a trans man and how I didn't internalize a lot of toxic masculinity re: Accepted Male Behavior/Attitudes because I never had a chance to - I'm not even talking about being socialized female [because from a young age, some accepted-female-socialization behaviors were things I didn't perform/didn't make sense] but because I'm hypermobile and my body has been an epic bag of dicks since I was a kid I never got to, like, be active and Do "Guy Shit" and formulate my concept of self as action hero. As a kid I was the geek who read books and didn't play sportsball, as an adult I'm the hobbit who wants to eat elevensies and live my quiet-ass life and Not go on adventures. [I had some "adventures" not by choice in my 20s/early 30s, 0/10 recommend.]
But this three-part article actually explains a lot about, for example, MAGA radicalization and why a lot of guys from my generation went that way, because Fighting Darth Brandon or whatever is their big epic good v. evil battle.
Again, thank you and I'm looking forward to your thoughts.