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Transitioning in STEM (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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More: https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/ben-barres-transgender-scientist-shares-story/

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (15 children)

As a man, it is insane to me that this is real.

I have a difficult time imagining malicious intent towards women by all these people. But given how common these stories are, there is something true about it. I just don't understand why.

Is it really an unconscious cultural thing? Or am I naive about how my fellow men (I guess maybe women too) feel towards women?

Something in me refuses to believe that these people knowingly and intentionally harm women. But it sure as hell looks intentional.

I am not defending them. I am expressing my struggle with the reality of this shit.

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're simply not paying attention, because you don't have to. Not to be harsh. I went from male to female and how I'm treated is night and day. You've never tried to see how the other side lives, and when you heard stories that went against your experiences you dismissed them like your mind is trying to do right now.

Why does it happen? Nurture. History. Patriarchy. I could blame a lot of things. It's mostly that men never get treated the way they treat women.

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