Set Depth charges to ...Shallow? Yeah shallow.
The inability of a lot of cis folks to simply not dig at their ideas of “CONCRETE GENDER” isn’t terribly their fault. Some do, but I’m not talking about yall. I’m talking to the folks who are sure of SO much without reflection. But why would they reflect or think about this? An entire world, culture, ideology, and *fear* says “YOU ARE ‘normal’! Nothing to see here, move along. All things like *you* are right and centered in the world. Don’t think about this, because wow IT’S Hard and scary etc. Also 99.9% of all media says so, so there.”
So they move along and when someone who is trans or different in any way threatens that idyllic center? Pride or Visibility in difference shines a hash light on that place free of introspection, of wondering about their place in the world. That comfort of non-thought is a powerful reward for conformity.
Can you imagine waking and understanding “THIS thing I KNOW is absolute without thinking, I JUST DOOO. Never think about it. Good.” Except it’s not generally a conscious thought. Anyway. (If this thought is “I am a Woman.” Good for you. If this thought somehow includes Addendum 1: “THAT means THAT person ISN’T!” you done goofed. So close.” Then someone wanders by who is purple in a world of all blue and pink and that subconscious freakout becomes quite conscious. Sudden they HAVE to think about it. MORE SHIT TO DEAL WITH WHAT? Then Panic. Fear. Rage. Violence. I mean, that’s like taking part of someone’s day, making them see a world shifting, who needs that right? We do. All of us. That there purple thing has to GO. I mean, it has to. Look, it’s not pink or blue. (Pink for Boys / Blue for Girls.)**
This sudden fear turns to anger and rather than look at those shallow ideas of ‘What ARE human anyway?’, it builds up a furious wash of cognitive dissonance (a fancy way of saying *stamps foot* NU UH! NOT ITS NOT! NO! despite evidence contrary. Seriously.) which pumps out as indignation, nullification, or anger. So I get why cis people are fearful, and unwilling to accept trans people. Yes even Trans men because holy shit do these Vulva-Worshippers UNDERSTAND trans men exist? Or Intersex exists? For fucks sake, there are people CALLED Women by the Duly Established Gender Officiants (Doctors) who are MEN. Yes. I know right, I seen em! Like I said I understand how difficult this is for people with the self reflection of a carbon nanotube (is really really not reflective just saying). I just don’t give a fuck. You had your whiny puritanical Jesus-LARP for the last couple hundreds of some odd years. Grow the fuck up, and stop killing us. ** Prior to 1930-40′s. This is prone to change. Like all things. You could call it a transition if that doesn’t creep you out.
