There are always going to be people like that. It's insecurity plain and simple. The people born physical intersexed look down on transsexuals. Transsexuals look down on transgendered. Transgendered look down on transsexual, drag queens look down on transgendered, etc.
Not always and not everyone of course, but you'll find zealots in every group and you'll find that most of them are the same. They need to PROVE their way is THE ONE TRUE WAY because they're insecure about their position.
If you ever want to really catch one of the 'true transsexuals' nipples in a wringer, I suggest you mention to them that according to sociologists, women tend to interact with one another by networking. Lots of social connections and friends and there isn't a clearly defined 'Group X is better than group Y' sort of thing. More like person X is a better friend than person Y. Whereas men tend to operate on a ladder structure. People are above or below you.
That's nearly guaranteed to make them back peddle and start going on about social stereotypes of men and women. Which, you in turn, will get to find hilarious because 9 times out of 10, they won't realize that they'd just been using the very same stereotypes to assert their *cough*rather masculine, don't you think? ;)*cough* dominance.
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Date: 2008-02-25 06:30 am (UTC)Not always and not everyone of course, but you'll find zealots in every group and you'll find that most of them are the same. They need to PROVE their way is THE ONE TRUE WAY because they're insecure about their position.
If you ever want to really catch one of the 'true transsexuals' nipples in a wringer, I suggest you mention to them that according to sociologists, women tend to interact with one another by networking. Lots of social connections and friends and there isn't a clearly defined 'Group X is better than group Y' sort of thing. More like person X is a better friend than person Y. Whereas men tend to operate on a ladder structure. People are above or below you.
That's nearly guaranteed to make them back peddle and start going on about social stereotypes of men and women. Which, you in turn, will get to find hilarious because 9 times out of 10, they won't realize that they'd just been using the very same stereotypes to assert their *cough*rather masculine, don't you think? ;)*cough* dominance.