Femmephobia is an aspect of misogyny, yes. But it's also an aspect of things that aren't traditionally considered misogyny. As mentioned in the article above, femmephobia impacts all femininity, no matter how the femininity is embodied.

In Whipping Girl Julia Serano distinguishes between oppositional sexism--the notion that men are better than women--and traditional sexism--the notion that masculinity is better than femininity. Second-wave feminism, and to a degree some aspects of third-wafe feminism, tend to conflate misogyny with oppositional sexism more strongly than traditional sexism, which is why butches and trans men are often positioned as being radical, while femmes and trans women are often positioned as being reactionary. I'd rather see misogyny encompass both forms of sexism. Gradually that's becoming the case, but we still have holdovers.

As a queer trans woman, I'm painfully aware of how more masculine persons behave towards the feminine. It's all the more reason for me to possess a vocabulary to properly describe the experience, and the tools needed to respond in a more empowered way--and to share them with others who might have need of both.

When Obama was elected the conservatives crowed that racism is dead, they were wrong. Unfortunately the same is true of sexism, anything feminine is still considered by a large portion of the world to be weaker/lesser than anything masculine. Its going to be a long time before people as a whole truly accept wider possibilities and wider disconnects between sex/gender/gender bias. I firmly hope/believe that 100 years from now more str8 men will act more feminine and more gay men will act more masculine, and vice versa for the ladies. People will act as their inner soul dictates rather than what is expected/enforced for them to act.

Ah yes, I think the link should be working correctly now. It should take you to a page with a form like ltervlet described above.

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When you click "Submit" you will get a "Wait" box that won't go away. Just click on the "refresh" icon along the bottom of the form and it will then post the information you added. To get rid of the wait box just click "close" that is down near "submit" and it will close the form for you.

Nick is hard at work on a new character manager that will hopefully fix the niggling bugs in our current system :)

I've just awakened and the tea hasn't hit my brain yet. Isn't the neologism "femmephobia" just a new wrapper for the term "misogyny?" That's how it seems to me at a glance, at least.

The parallels are there. In both cases it simply boils down to the prevailing view that it is good to be a man or man-like, and bad to be a woman or woman-like. (And of course, man-like and woman-like are social constructs. What is a "masculine" or "feminine" trait or action are different in different cultures.)

From Profiles > Characters, which takes me here:

http://stonewallfleet.com/profile/characters

And that screen says:

You don't have any characters listed yet.
Click here​ to add your first character.

The second sentence is a hotlink to http://stonewallfleet.com/add-character

Episode 626 - Voyager - "Author, Author" - 04/18/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4720

The Doctor writes a holo-novel to be published in the Alpha Quadrant, featuring characters who closely resemble - but do not flatter - the crew.

Enjoy!

Episode 625 - Voyager - "Q2" - 04/11/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4719

Q leaves his son (Q2) on Voyager, to learn from the crew.

Enjoy!

Episode 624 - Voyager - "Human Error" - 03/07/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4718

Seven practices her social skills, on the holodeck.

Enjoy!

Where did you get that link from?

Hal

http://goodmenproject.com/uncategorized/on-femmephobia/

I didn't care for the way the article ended, with the presumption that trans women "want" to be girls--as opposed to being girls, or, dare I say, women.... But otherwise, SPOT F'N ON.

Also, I'm sure the author would agree that even "bad Trekkie novels" are awesome in their own way.

I've never used that url, but if you mouse over "Profile" at the top of the page (next to Forums) you'll see "Edit Profile" and "Characters". Click on "Characters" and it will bring up a "form" where you can add your toons. When you click "Submit" you will get a "Wait" box that won't go away. Just click on the "refresh" icon along the bottom of the form and it will then post the information you added. To get rid of the wait box just click "close" that is down near "submit" and it will close the form for you.

The "Edit Profile" is bugged at the moment. :pinch: You can make changes but it won't save the changes...when you click save it will change the info back to what you had originally. I have a message in to Nick about it but haven't heard anything back as of yet. :whistle:

Arenanet has announced the dates for the next Beta Weekend Event! (finally).

Beta Weekend Event 2 will begin on Friday, June 8th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and will run until Sunday, June 10th, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).

Really hope they fixed the guilld/grouping issues which crippled us last time. Especially the server separation problems.

I got a 404 error when trying to add a character to my profile, using the link http://stonewallfleet.com/add-character -- does anyone know if this URL should in fact work, or if there's a different URL I should use? Thanks!

Well, in all fairness, I only ever experienced one side--mine. :) I may have been granted provisional male privilege at times but not consistently, and it's been well over a decade since I even had the option. I was feminine well before I realized I was trans. Would I change bodies if I could choose what kind of body it was? Probably--but I wouldn't presume the body itself was gendered. I have a gender, not it.

*Subject hop* Ohh for something akin to Iain M Banks Culture. Where you can shift between male and female by consulting the Lace in your brain and telling it that you wish to be X or Y now. Then it transitions you over a few weeks. Tot he extent that many in it are Mothers and Fathers several times. Seeing what it is like to experience both sides.

Back on topic. Maybe if people who are Trans support and talk to the creator of this title, then others might get developed. Look at the aspects that were not covered here for one reason or another.

And although I am happy as I am, I would fully support any friend or lover who wanted to undergo such a transition in their real life.

So in reading and looking at 1.3 update ... I see the what I assume they are talking about is a LFG thing but they are not saying if its cross server or not.

One of the issues I have been facing is not being able to pvp cause no one on this server when I am available to play .. it used to take 5-15 minutes to get into pvp now its like an hour or more depending on when I play.

What I have not seen them mention is cross server pvp so we can get these queues moving .. anyone heard anything about this? And mind you I hadn't pvped for over 10 years but found it fun here, but now its rough to find a group.

A cool thing will be moddable slots for your appearnce gear aka social gear, and now maybe with a LFG you can get some ops and social stuff going .. but its kinda the cart with the horse ... but its progress... unless on a dead server like ours... they did also mention server transfers but that is pointless to me since I wanna stay in this guild.

The real issue is no cross server lfg unless that is coming .. its somethign this game really needs for the smaller server populations like ours.

Anyways just my ramblings and thoughts would love to hear yours ...

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Even your post is a fantastic example of brevity being the soul of wit, nice job. :D

B)

Thanks, but I don't think it's easy on ANY of us. We're not living in the early 25th Century, alas--we've a ways to go before humanity is ready to accept us without question. I'm sure I'm not the only one on this forum who wishes a parent of ours would accept who we are.

Besides, the rest of my family is accepting, and I have lots of friends and lovers to provide the support I need. I'm one of the lucky ones. :dry:

Thanks for your clarification Lilith, I suspected it glossed over some important details in an effort to make it more "acceptable" to the mainstream and keep the video a workable length. I sincerely hope it will help in making people more accepting and supportive because I know how difficult life becomes for those with the courage to be who they truly are. I am sorry for the difficulties you are having with your father though, I know that is difficult for you. :(

Even your post is a fantastic example of brevity being the soul of wit, nice job. :D