I met this guy the other day. He claimed he wasn't a racist because he liked black folk just fine, it was just n-word he hated. I was shocked of course.
This man is a racist. The n-word is just code for black people he dislikes. Just because you recognize that not all of a group conforms to your racist beliefs does not mean you are not a racist.
A transvestite is a man that refuse to conform to our sexist stereotypes. They dress and act like women. That's all. Nothing necessary sexual about it. Nothing perverted or otherwise evil. Just refusing to abide by the sexist stereotype.
Please note the t word is used almost exclusively to talk about men dressing as women. No one calls a women that dresses in slacks a transvestite.
To the extent that our society is prejudiced against transvestites, it is prejudiced against ALL men. You can't say "I only dislike men that dress and act like women", that is just as bigoted as saying you like black people fine, just not n-word.
The real issue here is that the our society evolved out of a heavily sexist culture that considered women second class citizens. Which means that men that trying to act like women get treated as if they are trying to be weak.
As we evolved, we have begun to overcome these issues, but obviously we still have a long way to go. Women have earned the right to vote, the right to work, and the right to choose if they will have a child or not. Men have not been given similar rights. But if I were to name those rights, you would claim I was defending weaklings. The men that want those rights are called unworthy of being called men.
Our society has reluctantly come to accept the women that break these stereotypes. Powerful women (even while we pay them less than men, and generally mistreats them) are still admired. Now a days, a woman that becomes a doctor, lawyer, etc. is considered a 'catch' as a wife. But a man that becomes a nurse, para-legal, etc. is not.
Men are considered weak if we break these stereotypes. Which is why the men's rights groups are full of horrible, weak people. Most of us are still taught to hide our weakness, and the men's rights groups tend to attract only those that embrace those weaknesses.
But that does not change the fact that we are still massively prejudiced against these men - even if they complain about it in a manner that reflects poorly on them.
The self same behavior that we dislike about them would be much more accepted as normal if done by women. Women complaining about men all the time. Most men don't dare complain about women, on pain of, well, being treated like those poor men in Men's Rights Groups.
Transvestites are men that dress and act as women. If our society is prejudiced against transvestites, then we are prejudiced against ALL men.
This man is a racist. The n-word is just code for black people he dislikes. Just because you recognize that not all of a group conforms to your racist beliefs does not mean you are not a racist.
A transvestite is a man that refuse to conform to our sexist stereotypes. They dress and act like women. That's all. Nothing necessary sexual about it. Nothing perverted or otherwise evil. Just refusing to abide by the sexist stereotype.
Please note the t word is used almost exclusively to talk about men dressing as women. No one calls a women that dresses in slacks a transvestite.
To the extent that our society is prejudiced against transvestites, it is prejudiced against ALL men. You can't say "I only dislike men that dress and act like women", that is just as bigoted as saying you like black people fine, just not n-word.
The real issue here is that the our society evolved out of a heavily sexist culture that considered women second class citizens. Which means that men that trying to act like women get treated as if they are trying to be weak.
As we evolved, we have begun to overcome these issues, but obviously we still have a long way to go. Women have earned the right to vote, the right to work, and the right to choose if they will have a child or not. Men have not been given similar rights. But if I were to name those rights, you would claim I was defending weaklings. The men that want those rights are called unworthy of being called men.
Our society has reluctantly come to accept the women that break these stereotypes. Powerful women (even while we pay them less than men, and generally mistreats them) are still admired. Now a days, a woman that becomes a doctor, lawyer, etc. is considered a 'catch' as a wife. But a man that becomes a nurse, para-legal, etc. is not.
Men are considered weak if we break these stereotypes. Which is why the men's rights groups are full of horrible, weak people. Most of us are still taught to hide our weakness, and the men's rights groups tend to attract only those that embrace those weaknesses.
But that does not change the fact that we are still massively prejudiced against these men - even if they complain about it in a manner that reflects poorly on them.
The self same behavior that we dislike about them would be much more accepted as normal if done by women. Women complaining about men all the time. Most men don't dare complain about women, on pain of, well, being treated like those poor men in Men's Rights Groups.
Transvestites are men that dress and act as women. If our society is prejudiced against transvestites, then we are prejudiced against ALL men.
