Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-519#post-153262357

It really is an issue with society and how we view gender and people. The whole BS about people having to act and think in certain ways, like men having to be masculine and women having to be feminine. It's so pervasive. For example, a trans woman could feel repressed growing up and then when they transition, they want to act in a feminine way because thats how we view women.

And this isn't me saying we can't present however we want. In fact, that's what I want to see, but also understand that we all have these unconscious bias and ideas and beliefs that we hold because society puts us in these boxes and we have to act a certain way or we aren't normal.

Somehow missed quoting our favorite WLW connoisseur:

With it being Trans visibility day, there is something that bothers me with discussion of women in fiction, especially those depicted as kicking ass or badarse, that they stay "feminine" or can kickarse while still being feminine. I understand the logic of the critique, men can do poor writing, imply femininity can't be badarse and it can come across as misogynistic... But a lot of the time I see, it has a nasty implication you can fail at being a woman, that you not be feminine enough, that what you find enjoyable and empowering is bad and not good rep for others etc etc; especially towards butch and trans women (especially masculine looking trans women). I really dislike in fiction where they just random introduce as stereotypical feminine hobby to a butch or "badarse" woman under the logic that it makes them more well-rounded, especially when that hobby never gets brought up again. I dislike this because of how shallow it is, implying women who don't enjoy "feminine hobbies" or don't act "feminine" (so much of which is arbitrary or enforced by societal norms) can't be well rounded or betraying themselves.

It's frustrating because it's not always men who say this as I've seen cis and trans women say something similar to this (what set this off for me was a Jessie Gender (to be clear I'm not calling her bad or suggesting she did wrong) video where she was discussing the recent Canned Buffy Reboot where she was discussing how Buffy could kickarse and still be feminine) and when it comes from the latter, it especially feels othering and implying I'm failing to be trans, that I'm not considered feminine enough