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Title: Class Structure in Transworld vs the Reality Based World
Post by: Butterfly on November 21, 2009, 01:02:04 AM
Post by: Butterfly on November 21, 2009, 01:02:04 AM
Class Structure in Transworld vs the Reality Based World
By Suzan
19 November 2009
http://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/11/19/class-structure-in-transworld-vs-the-reality-based-world/ (http://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/11/19/class-structure-in-transworld-vs-the-reality-based-world/)
Sara Seton asked me:
So what do you think of someone's proposed caste system amongst TS? Here is how I think the grass roots sees this "ladder" as ranked, from top-to-bottom:
"Post-Op TS, living as female
Pre-Op TS, living as female
Non-Op TS, living as female
CD, living as female
Pre-Op TS, living in both genders
Non-Op TS, living in both genders
CD, living in both genders
CD, living as male, but appearing publicly
as female on occasion
CD, male exclusively, but at home "en-femme"
among family and/or friends
CD, only "dressed" when alone
AND THEN, ME: Pre-Op TS, on HRT- living as male, never dresses
as female, and may never will. It's not my issue!
There is much trouble ahead for me. I will undoubtedly be an object
of derision and scorn at that meeting. I can understand why, too.
They will think me a pretender or a coward. THEY fight the battle in
the trenches, I choose the path of least resistance, where the outside world is concerned. So, I will be the pariah...the laughingstock... the object of negative attention, in spite of my wishes and best efforts, even among my own sisters! This really hurts me!" (from a winner at Laura's suicide site.)
It seems to me that this is a very male competition based form of class structure that is at once both misogynistic and very TV fantasy based.
By Suzan
19 November 2009
http://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/11/19/class-structure-in-transworld-vs-the-reality-based-world/ (http://womenborntranssexual.com/2009/11/19/class-structure-in-transworld-vs-the-reality-based-world/)
Sara Seton asked me:
So what do you think of someone's proposed caste system amongst TS? Here is how I think the grass roots sees this "ladder" as ranked, from top-to-bottom:
"Post-Op TS, living as female
Pre-Op TS, living as female
Non-Op TS, living as female
CD, living as female
Pre-Op TS, living in both genders
Non-Op TS, living in both genders
CD, living in both genders
CD, living as male, but appearing publicly
as female on occasion
CD, male exclusively, but at home "en-femme"
among family and/or friends
CD, only "dressed" when alone
AND THEN, ME: Pre-Op TS, on HRT- living as male, never dresses
as female, and may never will. It's not my issue!
There is much trouble ahead for me. I will undoubtedly be an object
of derision and scorn at that meeting. I can understand why, too.
They will think me a pretender or a coward. THEY fight the battle in
the trenches, I choose the path of least resistance, where the outside world is concerned. So, I will be the pariah...the laughingstock... the object of negative attention, in spite of my wishes and best efforts, even among my own sisters! This really hurts me!" (from a winner at Laura's suicide site.)
It seems to me that this is a very male competition based form of class structure that is at once both misogynistic and very TV fantasy based.