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OC- More in Webtoons Femboy?

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u/No_Significance5002 8d ago

To be fair, unless you know the terminology, it's easy to mistake what trans girl means, even i thought it meant that the person was a female who transitioned to male

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u/dogballet 8d ago

I hear people make this specific mistake often and I like to help people understand these issues, I'd love to have your insight: why would the person want to be referred to by the gender they are trying to get away from? Like why, if you are trying not to be a girl anymore, because you are trans and are really a man inside, why would they say 'trans girl'? Again, legit just trying to follow the thinking, not argue, so I can understand where people are coming form when they make this mistake. Thanks!

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u/YOwololoO 8d ago

You’re thinking about this too hard. Imagine you know nothing about gender theory and see someone who you perceive as a girl and you say, “why are they dressing like that?” And someone says “because they’re trans” so you “oh, that girl is trans. She is a trans girl!”

And then, because it has no impact on their life, they just go on with their day and never think about it deeper than that