You'll see pseudo-marxists on here talk about how material analysis is important and then they'll proceed to say something along the lines of "transgender men have systemic male privilege and privilege over cis women" as if that's based in any material reality of the systemic conditions transgender men face.
If you were able to transition out of systemic misogyny into systemic male privilege, the patriarchy would not exist as we know it. Cisgender women would just be able to transition into transgender men and not only face zero consequences, but be rewarded for it too. Looking at the academic literature out there though, the actual material reality is that transgender men tend to have worse outcomes than cisgender women in almost every field— from sexual violence to amount paid to ability to access healthcare.
An actual Marxist material analysis of transgender men under our system would understand that while some of the most privileged in the community can get some very conditional male privilege off of the basis of being mistaken as cis men; however that doesn't equate to systemic access and the overwhelming majority of transgender men have never benefited from this and never will. Actual material analysis would acknowledge that transgender men outside the global north exist and face much harsher conditions and barriers to transition that transgender men in the west do not. Actual material analysis would note that transgender men, while men as in the gender identity, are never let into the group of men as a social class. Actual material analysis would note that transgender men are much more likely to be working class, unemployed, or in poverty than cisgender people and need extra support under capitalist systems that don't cater to them. Actual material analysis would be noting that there are not any transgender men who are in positions of significant political power, and if they were accepted as men (the socialpolitical class) they would be overrepresented into positions of power and privilege as opposed to consistently erased and left to die.
An intersectional, Marxist analysis of the material reality of transgender men would see them as a marginalized group who is disproportionately burdened and erased within our society— a group that has no access to systemic patriarchal or capitalistic power in any way.
