I am masc presenting and AMAB, so I still experience privilege because of patriarchy. Much as a white person, I still benefit from racial privilege. My experience is in no way comparable to how TERFs treat transwomen, nor do I wish to comment on a subject that I have no personal experience of. Which is precisely why the joke was at the expense of my own privilege and, indeed, privileged people in general.

I’m going to cut you some slack here because you’re it seems like you’re coming at this from a particular trans femme perspective(?), but you’re making a lot of assumptions about me that aren’t based on anything I’ve said. Not everyone who uses AGAB language is visibly gender nonconforming to a casual viewer. I am a masc appearing person who doesn’t identify as a man, and the reason I refer to myself as AMAB is simply to acknowledge my biological sex where relevant to the discussion while not misgendering myself. I would experience misandry in the same way a man would, as an entirely incidental happenstance that has no structural backing (like “reverse racism”).

If you want a take on whether what TERFs do is properly called misandry or transphobia, it would be better to direct it to someone who has been more directly affected. But either way I think you’re bringing a lot of baggage to this conversation that really doesn’t have anything to do with me.

Also, I’ve heard Whipping Girl is good. I probably will read it at some point