Regarding responding to the experiences of marginalized persons...

[Umiko]

I Feel down now. I Hoped that in the future trans aceptence would create an increasingly andro society. And that in that society gender exspectations would eventually disapier.

But looking like a woman inst the only factor smaller and more vulnarable is too. So even if this andro society exsisted asigned woman more ofteen than not would still be born into the small and vulnarable catagory

Up antill now I had always thought i was raped because they wanted a boy. And just now understand the being smaller side to it.

omg! no wonder why that happened to me as a child -.- so now i know i'm not just over thinking things

[HoneyStrums]

It's not alllllll bad

I Know Now my freinds stand up for me more. probably because now they see me as someone in need of protecting. Instead of being exspected to stand up for my self somthing iv never been able to do.

[BunnyBee]

I Know Now my freinds stand up for me more. probably because now they see me as someone in need of protecting. Instead of being exspected to stand up for my self somthing iv never been able to do.

Yeah!  There you go!  Those expectations society puts on men to be this and be that, which I could never live up to--good riddance!

[HoneyStrums]

omg! no wonder why that happened to me as a child -.- so now i know i'm not just over thinking things

Yeah. And your seen as male and because your still overpowered people thing that you didnt try. And you start to think maybe yeah you could of done more. And if alays thought that antill now. were still targeted because were smaller and unless were realy realy lucky there isnt anything we can do to stop it. But yeah system let me down because of some unhidable femanin aspects.

I was a closeted gay in denial that did somthing he was ashamed to admit. and no matter what i said that was the outside perception of me at that point. even to my sister. the only family member ex comunicate me after comming out. go figure.

anyway sorry susans just needed to get that out.

[Umiko]

Yeah. And your seen as male and because your still overpowered people thing that you didnt try. And you start to think maybe yeah you could of done more. And if alays thought that antill now. were still targeted because were smaller and unless were realy realy lucky there isnt anything we can do to stop it. But yeah system let me down because of some unhidable femanin aspects.

I was a closeted gay in denial that did somthing he was ashamed to admit. and no matter what i said that was the outside perception of me at that point. even to my sister. the only family member ex comunicate me after comming out. go figure.

anyway sorry susans just needed to get that out.

omg! i went through the system and all i got in return was pain and suffering. my adopted mother has commented many times about how i actually survived but as you said, couldnt stop it but at least i survived long enough to realize what i do now

[HoneyStrums]

Yeah!  There you go!  Those expectations society puts on men to be this and be that, which I could never live up to--good riddance!

but thats a plus in my scocial circle. out side of that its could be different for eg small male visualised as being able to better defend themself then woman. still possible deterant. no percepive exsperience of that yet because still pretty much a shut in.

[Jill F]

Yeah!  There you go!  Those expectations society puts on men to be this and be that, which I could never live up to--good riddance!

I just got awakened and I happened to read this.  I was exactly that. Sad but totally true.  I was really male fail long before male fail.