I'm someone whose trans, mtf mostly.

Something I've been thinking about and it's there seems to be a lot of cross over with gender critical feminism and misandry I've taken notice of over the years. Because in the minds of a few activists that align with that form of feminism they don't view trans women as women but as “Predatory men” in disguise that want access to womens spaces to put women and girls in danger.

It is anti male hate deep down when you look at the tropes because in the view of some gender critical feminists who view trans women as just predatory men, its because so much of that worldview is rooted in the idea men are naturally violent, predatory, a danger to be around if you are female and just generically hardwired to have those traits. Thus in the lens of that view, trans women being men means they have “The failings of men” in their eyes.

Another term I've heard when they talk about trans women is “Male socialized” Whatever the hell that is meant to even mean.

Deep down a lot of this anti trans outlook is rooted in misandry, it all connects. I used to eat up a lot of pop feminism stuff back in the 2010s when it was a big thing through looking back I feel that discourse did more harm to soceity that good in the long term, plus when so many feminists we fought side by side with turned their sights on us, lobbied to get some of our human rights stripped away it was a bitter pill and I don't blame everyone I know there are a few feminists that do call them out but it feels like such a small number at this point.

Now I don't think all feminists are GC's or anti male but when I think about it we're all getting shat on by the same arse here.

I know there are a lot of men that are lonely, some of which are good friends of mine and things are a real mess. I hope we can all open a dialog down the line instead of dividing ourselves into smaller and smaller bubbles when instead we need to come together to start talking.

This is more a ramble but I do see you and I hope things can improve for men because the way things are going can not continue long term.