cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15223477

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  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I assume they are referring to the perception that some (most?) trans men are raised with the social pressures & expectations put on girls and women, and thus whatever social forces that discourage cis women from being in tech also discourage trans men from being in tech?

    There’s a lot to unpack there and plenty of ways it paints an inaccurate picture, but I assume that’s the gist of it.

    • Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Thanks. Yeah, I don’t think their comment is entirely accurate.

      If anything, at least in my case, being a “tech nerd” almost acted to validate my gender when I was a kid, and vice versa. I would have had a harder time had I been into something more traditionally feminine, because my family/other transphobes would point at it as evidence that I’m not “really” a guy.

      The original comment is probably well-intentioned, but it honestly doesn’t feel very far removed from just using “AFABs” to refer to a social group, which makes my skin crawl. I and many other trans guys’ upbringings are quite different from cis women’s.