12:20am July 18, 2013

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When I was perceived to be a fat woman, there was a real sense of not just disgust, but a poisonous, malignant contempt. People (most commonly men) commented on my appearance like I somehow owed it to them to be, in their view, attractive. Like I was breaking some kind of cardinal rule because I was happy with my body without their approval. Now, in complete contrast, I am barely given a second glance.

Occasionally, I still face discrimination as a fat man, but it’s not as vehement, societally sanctioned nor pervasive as it once was. My treatment has changed simply because of the way that society perceives my gender. This is male privilege in action. We live in a society that has built a whole industry on bullying women for not being what is considered ‘attractive enough’ to men. Think about that the next time you want to stare at a fat woman on the bus.

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Micheal Young “Male privilege and transitioning from a fat woman to a fat man” (via lavenderlabia)

Someone once actually told people that it was like… a tragic loss to him that I am now fat and ugly instead of thin and presumably able to fit into his jerk off fantasies.

My main responses:

It’s tragic that it took me more than minutes to see you for the scum you are.

I’m glad you can no longer jerk off to me. Or whatever you did with the million pictures of me you saved.

Note kindly fuck off.

Seriously that anyone who views anyone this way on the basis of appearance or weight, can command anyone’s respect, disgusts me more than my fat disgusts him.

lo

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