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Cis people: Here’s a fun thought experiment! What would it be like to live as the other sex?

Trans people: Well, we might have …

Cis people: There’s no way we can ever know, lol!

Trans people: Er, hello?

Cis people: It will forever remain a mystery

Trans people: We’re right here

Cis people: So unknowable

in reply to Sarah Brown

Keira (She/Her)
Keira (She/Her)
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seriously! There are a lot of parts I'm sure I don't understand, but even just the experience of sexism my trans friends have told me about are so illuminating.

Why researchers aren't begging you all for your insights is beyond me.

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Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown
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@Keira (She/Her) researchers seem to have decided, en masse, that we are not reliable narrators about our own lives.
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Alexandra Magin 🏳️‍🌈
Alexandra Magin 🏳️‍🌈
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and clearly since it is so unknowable, male and female must be complete opposites that could never possibly understand each other, live equitably, etc.

(Sarcasm, if it's not clear)

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marilyn
marilyn
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Speaking only for myself (a cis woman), I'd worry that it might seem like an impolite question to ask a trans person. I wouldn't ever ask such a thing, unless I knew the person quite well (and even then I might hesitate). I wouldn't want to make someone feel "othered" just to satisfy my own curiosity.
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Tattie
Tattie
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@marilyn some trans people might not want to talk about it. With me the trick would more be getting me to shut up.
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Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown
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@Eric the Cerise I’ve read accounts from cis people who tried, gave themselves gender dysphoria, and got suicidal.

Caveat emptor

@Eric the Cerise
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