What makes someone transphobic?

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sagevalentineee · Accepted Answer

Google says negative emotions towards transgenders. In which case that would make me a transgender. I don't dislike them. They are free to do as they please. However I find it unnatural. I see photos of Nikita Dragun, looking like a plastic, over feminised porn star, who is a man. It gives me chills to see photos of her, yet she is a man.

I once read a story of a set of identical male twins. Their mother took them to the hospital for circumcision. One was performed correctly, one was a disaster, the penis was destroyed. The mother was distraught and sought a solution, have her son a female instead. He had a sex change operation as a toddler and was brought up as a little girl. She was never told the truth and throughout her life felt miserable as girl - something was not right. In her twenties her parents finally revealed the truth, her origination was as a male. She/he committed suicide soon after and the other twin followed. What does this show? It shows that gender runs deeper than your genitals, it runs deeper than breasts and shoulders.

From birth babies brains develop differently as male and female. Men have much faster reflexes, and more spatial awareness, women have better emotion reading capabilites - understanding the nuances of behaviour much better and picking up signals, whereas men need 3 times the brain power for this. These differences can seen from as early as 3 months old.

When you have a female brain, how can you want to be a man. And can a male wired brain want to be female? The only thing that can change this, is extremely high levels of testosterone and oestrogen, which humans are rarely exposed to. For example, athletes in old Germany, when Russia owned half of it used doping testosterone on the women to increase performance, and some of these athletes did undergo sex changes to become male after the testosterone completely altered their brains.

So in my opinion, there is only one thing that can determine your gender, the X or Y given to you from your father's sperm. And you can NEVER change that. It's that simple. I don't mind people who don't posses those qualities that are characteristic of their gender, it's okay to be androgynous and I do not hate on transgenders.

Put my overall opinion is that it's rather petty. You lust after the qualities the man/woman has on a material, physical basis. 'I'm a man and I like dolls, makeup and dresses.' Femininity on a materialistic level. That means nothing about what it means to be a woman and what real feminine behaviours are. I've seen men dressed up like women, breasts and all, and they still BEHAVE like men. Despite looking aggressively feminine, you cannot change the base qualities your brain possesses. They dance with their shoulders not their hips, they walk like men, they are more disagreeable, they don't posses the gentle sensitive qualities that women do.

On level with your soul, your genetic makeup, the core of what makes you, YOU! You can not ever change your gender.

DorkVader · Accepted Answer

Probably lack of exposure to diversity and lack of empathy. These people in the comments kill me, as though one day, the Liberal Trans Gestapo will be coming to the door to make them change their gender. Maybe the inability to let people live their own lives without judgment or interference?

Sensmind · Accepted Answer

I want to find the correct word but probably misunderstanding. For some reason this person views trans people as X, Y and Z more often than not X, Y and Z are wildly exaggerated negative steretypes nearer to urban fictional legends than the facts. This fuels any hatred, put them in any social arena with a trans person or people and they will say I was wrong they are just normal people like me except they have an unique view the same way I have an unique view on life.
My main piece of comfort is that gays were being branded by the negative stereotypes A, B and C not so long ago but now our pretty much accepted. When I was younger in Ireland there was only one or two openly gays in an area (won't lie probably having to be very watchful against homophobia) but now today in 2020 Ireland it seems like literally every extended family has one or two relations who are openly gay. I myself have 3 gay cousins.
So not the ultimate piece of comfort but a comfort none the less, you are 19 by the time you are my age I bet trans will be a lot more mainstream.

goaded · Accepted Answer

Fear of anything different. There's a reason it's more common in right-wingers. Ironically, it seems to be one of those brain developmental things, just like being trans is. (Of course, the big problem is right-wing politicians needlessly stoking that fear for personal gain.)

"Using MRI, scientists from University College London have found that students who identify themselves as conservatives have a larger amygdala than self-described liberals. This brain structure is involved in emotion processing, and it's especially reactive to fearful stimuli."

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes

Some things you may not know about Transgenderism!

Stoner710 · Answer

No one is scared of trans people I don’t know anyone who is going to go hide in a corner cowering in fear and if they are they have more metal issues then the trans person.

here is the problem with trans theory, It’s destroys the definition of man a woman it also destroys the definition of gay and lesbian why you may ask? If gender is binary and we can switch our gender then there is no need for definitions of man or woman.

take the myths of the gender pay gap for example. If men really made 1 dollar to very women’s 78 cents then why wouldn’t women just call them selves a man they would get paid better right?

it also destroys the idea of rest of the LGB community. If you can change your gender then 2 people with dicks in a normal word would be considered gay. But with the idea the genders malleable then the guy getting the dick stuffed up his but would be the women so it’s not gay any more it’s regular sex. We have definitions for a reason if you want to destroy the definitions of man woman gay bilesbian go for it

Inexpensivefurniture · Answer

Thinking trans people don't deserve the same rights as everyone else, refusing to use someone's chosen name and pronouns, intentionally hurting trans people specifically for being trans, intentionally putting trans people in dangerous situations with the intent of seeing them get hurt (like outing someone to their boss so they get fired), fetishizing trans people, intentionally misrepresenting trans people for ridicule/detraction, etc.
Besically if you are treating someome badly or disrespectfully or trying to harm them because they are trans, that's transphobic

something_memorable · Answer

Being afraid of either them or their affect on society. Both are irrational fears, and are usually expressed with anger and resentment rather than the stereotypical fear responses you see with claustrophobia or arachniphobia. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.

talloak · Answer

From what I've seen on this site, men seem to be very afraid of and disgusted by transgender women. Their explanation is typically "I'm not gay". Regardless of how beautiful, sexy, feminine and sexually complete transgender women are, most men think of them as still men in disguise. They are disgusted by their attraction and arousal of women they think of as men. Thus transphobic is in many ways homophobic.

WintersDaughter · Answer

I think beating or bullying someone because they are trans makes you transphobic. Simply being against it does not.

Same goes for being homophobic.

I do not agree with LGBT at all, but I will never cause someone harm because of who they choose to love or be.

whywhywhywhwy · Answer

If you mean you want the definition, dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people.

If you mean why people are that why, I think the media villianizes a lot of trans people, (like the whole bathroom thing) and misrepresents them as men dressing like women so they can go in female locker rooms, when it’s really a medical condition treated though gender reassignment. I think people also like to hate what they don’t understand.

Account2 · Answer

I think it's when they hate people and are aggressive or violent towards them just because they are trans-gender/sexual. I'm not sure exactly because I've gotten different definitions from people when I've asked because I don't think the word makes sense, but this definition was the closest to being consistent so I'm gonna say this is right.

Marriedwith2 · Answer

Low IQ, Low self-esteem and Low certainty of their own sexuality

Do you know who doesn't worry and/or rage the tiniest bit about what the LBGTQ community is up to?

Heterosexuals who are confident in their sexuality.

MackToday · Answer

Nothing at all since it's just a made up word. Made up to trick people who are desperately mentally ill into doing the dirty work of murderous Marxists who plan on killing them all later. An artifact of false advocacy.

Cryostatic · Answer

Caring about whether a guy wants to be treated like a chick or vice versa, and refusing to do so.  Calling someone by a different pronoun is stupid easy, and it doesn't mean you have to fuck 'em.

CarrieBlossum · Answer

Believing that you're actually the gender that you really are apparently.

Texaskid1 · Answer

Anyone that critisizeses the whole gender fluid trans movement. Some of the comments here day that trans people are discriminated against bla, bla, bla. No body mentions how thrans and the whole LGQT movement wanta to force their sexuality on the rest of us. Nor do they talk about the goal of sexualisizing kids. The whole gay movement can not get more obnoxious. Then they wonder why people can't stand them.

Pipeliner87 · Answer

The degradation of a healthy society. Then these trans people come around and start polluting children's minds. Saying its ok to be gay, lesbian, its okay to have sex with animals too! Don't want to be a man well you can be a woman now! Who the hell are these mentally screwed up people?

ret04 · Answer

Basic fear of the unknown. The idea is foreign, it's not understood and asks them to deeply question themselves, which makes them afraid, which is masked by anger and arrogance, which produces their bigotry.

joethemoe912 · Answer

I think my personal issue is that Ill unintentionally use the wrong pronouns all the time because Im so used to identifying 2 genders most of my life. Its awkward for me, im still getting used to it, not oppossed to it.

wankiam · Answer

all phobias stem from ignorance that leads to an irrational fear

Pamina · Answer

Any type of aversion for or prejudice against trans people, basically.

jasco · Answer

well I don't know i personally dc if ur a trans i just personally feel uncomfortable talking to u cause i can't really say what i should call u and i would hate to be rude

Anonymous · Answer

A man will never experience the shit women do/can; child birth, period etc. don’t insult my gender by creating your own. Be an alien idgaf, you're not a woman. Me = transphobic

duanemc86 · Answer

Phobic implies that I'm scared of you. 😂😂😂. How long do you think this delusional trip is going to last?

Rissyanne · Answer

It’s a word that crazy liberals made up. They want to force shit down people’s throats.

ImagineSketchy · Answer

I can only think of ignorance and misunderstanding.

Anonymous · Answer

The same reason anyone is any-phobic. Just not being OK with whatever has got their drawers in a bunch

jeb49 · Answer

I don't want a man that thinks he's a girl in the same bathroom as my daughter or wife or mom...

NorthwestRider · Answer

If someone wants the government to make it illegal to be transgender

Last_Faithful_Soul · Answer

I'd say it's a lack of understanding or inability to accept change.

bamesjond0069 · Answer

There is no such thing as being transphobic. Who would ever be scared of a tranny? she's got no muscles from the hormone blockers and you can easily kick her in the balls.

Syrian_survivor · Answer

When they're natural people with logical scientific opinions about things. All other definitions are invalid.

Anonymous · Answer

It is a lot more difficult to understand and accept compared to someone being gay, lesbian or bisexual.

PrettyRegular · Answer

Probably being realistic and questioning their mental health.

Anonymous · Answer

I believe it's a mental health problem. I guess I'm transphobic.

NightFlirt · Answer

Two words... Stupidity, and Ignorance

Guyvo · Answer

Afraid that science can change people's gender

Exorcist_Rampage · Answer

God created us male and female and that's final.

Minato157 · Answer

I’m just kinda weirded out by them but I don’t hate them

uttam1253 · Answer

Religious and social conditioning

KyleBroflovski · Answer

Common sense

Liam_Hayden · Answer

Science and reality.

runforyourlife · Answer

Truth ;)

Konabeana · Answer

Why are you asking us? We aren’t neuroscientists.

Anonymous · Answer

I think all that gay shit is white culture

Prime_Sol · Answer

No such thing.

funkit46 · Answer

Not sures

Anonymous · Answer

What makes someone not transphobic?

esotericstory · Answer

the gay

james2018dean · Answer

A bad experience?

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