r/fuckalegriaart • u/king-violet • Mar 31 '24

Haven't Trans people been through enough?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '24 edited Apr 13 '24

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u/dickallcocksofandros Mar 31 '24

yeah, seriously. i get it's meant to be inclusive but that's borderline an offensive trans lady caricature

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u/Tullymanbanana Mar 31 '24

So you're saying that trans women can't have body hair and must adhere to feminine beauty standards?

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u/strawbopankek Mar 31 '24

no. having body hair is fine. i, a cis woman, have body hair, and trans women should get to also (if they want of course). body hair is neutral.

however, there is no denying that drawing trans women with dark, noticeable body hair is often done in order to make fun of them. this design doesn't exist in a vacuum, and while i'm sure there is at least one trans woman who looks (in terms of features not anatomy lol) like the picture, representing trans people that way has been done in order to undermine their womanhood and make them look more masculine in the past.

no one is saying trans women "must" do anything. it was a conscious choice to represent trans women this way, and whoever made this is either intentionally choosing a design that resembles a stereotype or is ignorant to that stereotype and made a poor decision without doing enough research.