'Twas a funny joke though.
On to defending my unpopular views to Scoop;
Trans people are predators.
In terms of evolution, men are actually the predators.
1. An animal that naturally preys on others.
2. Person who ruthlessly exploits others.
When you listen to the average trans person talking about their bathroom-related fears, have you not noticed that it's the Boys bathrooms which are the ones involving violence?
Congratulations to you if you've risen above it, most men have. But women have nothing to rise above (In That Particular Way).
I'm an equal opportunity sexist. Both sides of the coin are quite tarnished, possibly not even evenly tarnished. Why should nature care about PC? So i say it like it is:
Men have a genetic predilection towards violent aggression, Women are stereotypically more 'cruel', and so on the list of blanket sterotypes go. They're there because a significant portion - Maybe not a majority, but easily enough to be noticeable - shows those specific traits. Or because companies and advertising.
You're a new-age man with softness and love in your heart? Awesome stuff, I'm glad for you. I wonder if you were bullied in school by predators.
I said 'Predator'. You said 'Monster'.
1. A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.
2. An inhumanly cruel or wicked person.
I personally don't like the assertion that all men are monsters.
As a race and as a gender, I personally prefer to laud our virtues, but I won't hide our vices. Men are predators. But we are also protectors. So that's nice.
For a disclaimer on my obviously skewed views, I was raised in Boarding School, and learned a lot intrinsically about Lord-of-the-Flies style pack culture. I also have mentioned before on the forums here that my sex-ed from 8-11 was 'MEN ARE INTRINSICALLY EVIL, DO NOT RAPE WOMEN', and my sex-ed in grade 12 was 'IF YOU ARE NOT EVIL, HERE IS HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF FROM RAPE CLAIMS'.
They did a whole new take on 'Abstinence teaching'. Instead of 'If you have sex, you'll go to hell', it was 'If you have sex, you will be arrested and sent to prison.'
Sex is a two-person act and they took great pains to hammer in that if you were a man you would have literally zero credibility to any judge or jury.
It took me many, many years before I'd actually have sex without 1. Ensuring both parties were sober. 2. Asking explicitly if they were sure and ready that they wanted to engage in sexual conduct.
Now, I believe this particular philosophical train of thought could cause some wildfires, so perhaps in PM?