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Title: Ask Matt: What are ‘Womanly’ Behaviors for a Trans Man?
Post by: Shana A on March 09, 2012, 10:06:27 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 09, 2012, 10:06:27 AM
Ask Matt: What are 'Womanly' Behaviors for a Trans Man?
March 8, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/03/08/ask-matt-what-are-womanly-behaviors/ (http://tranifesto.com/2012/03/08/ask-matt-what-are-womanly-behaviors/)
A reader writes: "A comment on your most recent blog post about the transphobic bisexual woman got me (re)thinking about a timeless issue.
"What does it mean (for a trans man) to act womanly or female-behaving? How does one know if they are effeminate or womanly? Is it the processing of emotions that female-assigned people tend to do?"
This is a tough question, because "womanly" obviously means different things to different people, even when cultural differences are not taken into consideration. And "effeminate" is not the same thing as "feminine."
March 8, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/03/08/ask-matt-what-are-womanly-behaviors/ (http://tranifesto.com/2012/03/08/ask-matt-what-are-womanly-behaviors/)
A reader writes: "A comment on your most recent blog post about the transphobic bisexual woman got me (re)thinking about a timeless issue.
"What does it mean (for a trans man) to act womanly or female-behaving? How does one know if they are effeminate or womanly? Is it the processing of emotions that female-assigned people tend to do?"
This is a tough question, because "womanly" obviously means different things to different people, even when cultural differences are not taken into consideration. And "effeminate" is not the same thing as "feminine."