Something I don’t see talked about much is how predatorjacketing is a very common experience for trans men and mascs, especially from within our own community.
Our proximity to manhood and/or maleness is seen as a de facto link to predatory behavior, and in fact, is seen as somehow affirming to be called as such because man = predator. We are constantly told we must be held to account for the actions of (overwhelmingly and primarily) cis men, because otherwise we’re saying we’re not really men (ignoring that many of us aren’t, but that’s an exorsexist tangent for another day) because that’s what masculinity is. If we don’t identify with and apologize for it, we’re accused of not really being trans. It quickly becomes clear that a lot of these supposedly “woke” and “gender liberationist” people still subscribe to the idea that men will always be the predator and women the prey, so in their eyes when a trans man says he is a victim he is basically calling himself a woman, and when a trans woman is accused of assault people are basically calling her a man. This outdated view of gender dynamics being transposed onto trans people isn’t altogether surprising, but it’s incredibly frustrating how often it’s used to categorize people with the insistence that it’s just the way things are.
