There actually is such a button, it's called "being trans." I wish I could say that it creates a universally not-misogynist trans male population but unfortunately I cannot say this of my bros. -_-
You'd think, though I would say that I've run across zero fellow trans guys who are active creepsters- it's more like I'm sure they exist based on statistical probability. Really the problems that I and others in the general trans community have noticed is that just like in the cis community, some guys have a tendency to talk women or similarly-gendered individuals down, not take them seriously, use casually misogynist language in their general speech, and so on and so forth. It doesn't surprise me that much, because when you simply don't identify and have perhaps never identified with women, you may still have life experiences that give you a reason to viscerally understand what most of them go through all the time, but identifying with men often leads to patterning one's behavior after men instinctively. You wind up with all kinds of double standards and I definitely know that in my childhood/teenage years I was as susceptible to that as anyone. It's all very embarrassing, though, because it's the kind of thing that makes the
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And really? You'd think trans men would realize how creepy it is to be on the wrong side of the harassment.
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I've got to admit, I enjoy him as a world figure. He can always be counted upon to do something lolariously facepalmy.
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