• Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    My other reply was a quick shitpost on break but I wanna respond more seriously now that I have time. I think the logic is perfectly reasonable, but the problem with it is, it's logic. Gender and sexuality are based on feelings, and feelings don't care about your facts. In this context, it's like that Spongebob meme where Patrick agrees with everything and then at the end he's like, "That's not my wallet." That's everybody, in this context. You can argue that if a straight guy finds women attractive, and he wants to look attractive, then he should want to look like a woman. But then he can just be like, "No." And that's valid! You don't have to have facts and logic backing up how you want to present or who you're attracted to.

    Another reason logic doesn't really work here is that there's too many factors. I could just as easily say, "Logically, men benefit the most from privilege so everybody should want to present as a man." There are just too many factors to consider, whichever argument touches on the factors that you personally care about is going to feel the most compelling. "Skirt go spinny" is just as strong of an argument as anything else if that's what matters to you.