Enby kinda covers everything, right? I don't think the genderfluid folk would be offended by an “enby” label but better to leave the option in, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I agree on Enbys covering essentially everything. My comment was supposed to be some joke, since on Fedi we actually are very diverse, which is super cool.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's been 8 hours since the poll started, maybe somebody has already voted the "Other" option.

EDIT: Yep. I just checked and 4 people have voted "Other" so far.

[+] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (7 children)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

Depends on the circles you move in. On Tumblr FtM is (or was, when I used it) far more visible.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Probably since it's a platform used mostly by dudes, who'll keep using it afterwards

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

But wouldn't that oppose the idea of transgender? If a trans woman is a woman, wouldn't they be more common in female dominated areas?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

Not if they were living like most men before, and stay in those communities after transitioning

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

nope. i was living as a dude who liked dude stuff, now that I'm living as a woman I'm not gonna change everything i like just to conform to your idea of a woman. sometimes girls like dude stuff too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sometimes girls like dude stuff. But if trans women were the same as cis women, it'd be just as rare for trans women to like dude stuff as it is for cis women.

The only reason (that does not conflict with the idea of trans and cis women being equal) I see why that occurs is that perhaps trans women are indoctrinated to like dude stuff when they're young, and that indoctrination remains even after transitioning.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Uh isn't an easier explanation that society encourages people to get hobbies fitting their gender stereotype and discourages the opposite?

There is no dude stuff, there's what society thinks dude stuff should be and people raised as dudes are more likely to get hobbies matching these expectations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

nobody thinks trans women are "the same as" cis women. The only thing any woman is guaranteed to have in common with another woman is that they are a woman. That goes for all types of women

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm still the same metalhead as ever, hah. Transition doesn't change your interests, passions, and hobbies. If transfems are into some traditionally masc things as a product of being raised as boys, that'll tend to stick around after transitioning. That doesn't make them not women, but it does make them more likely to be in traditionally masc spaces than cis women.

And ultimately, I feel that's a good thing - there's really no reason women wouldn't be interested in metal outside of cultural norms, and if more trans women are in those spaces I hope it makes cis women more comfortable to explore those interests too.

[–] Sethayy 4 points 9 months ago

I mean like Lemmy doesn't actually make you pass a gender test to login or anything, so old habits wont change

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah some searching tells me that even in society as a whole, trans women are 2-4 times more common then the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe being a man just sucks, idk

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

That's because the FtM lads are all too busy chopping lumber and winning bread.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

It's because it is. The short version is because it's socially acceptable for a woman to be somewhat masculine but it's not socially acceptable for a man to be feminine. A man wearing makeup, a dress, etc. stands out way more than a woman wearing a suit, jeans, etc. It is believed that this results in higher rates of transwomen. Obviously this is an oversimplified explanation, but it's the gist of it.

Source: Multiple degrees in psychology.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I've always wondered that as well, it's really weird because you would think it's an even split but it ends up being so extremely disproportionate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I can't figure out how to log off my computer

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Are these new genders I am unaware of?

[–] [email protected] 63 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You gotta keep up with the patch notes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

They keep nerfing cis but I guess that's ok cause it's still OP af.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

nah, these were added a long time ago

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Update:

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This checks out. I was cismale until I joined Lemmy and got hatched by the Blåhaj Zone. Now I can write sentences like the preceding one without even flinching.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

transport

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Transfer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm a secret 5th thing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm gay

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

am straight