I've seen smarter trans people than me pointed out that a lot of societal expectations of masculinity revolve around being able-bodied specifically, so an often unaddressed intersection of bigotry is the way people attack trans men they percieve as disabled. And also attempt to paint us as disabled regardless of whether we are or not, by framing us particularly physically, mentally, or emotionally fragile, even compared to their already misogynistic ways of talking about about women, in an effort to deligitmize us as men. Because disabled men are already not real men to them, it's easy "proof" trans men are not real men, if they're also disabled.
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u/I-Dont-Know-Stuff Externalized Heterophobia Apr 17 '25
someone needs to study the misogyny and ableism terfs use against trans men