Very well done. Thank you Mandy.

As a trans-woman who transitioned in 1993, at the age of 34, I can honestly say that you hit the nail on the head.

I’ve talked before about the 'nice guys' who hear their men friends say horrible things about women, tell about horrible things that they’ve done to women, and the 'nice guy' doesn’t object. He may even smile vaguely and nod in agreement, because he’s been conditioned, from ‘toddlerhood’, to do so. He knows that any less than that will invite bullying from his friends and possibly the loss of his friends. He is afraid of being called names like, “pu**y", “fa**ot", etc.

The system, for thousands of years, has been firmly in place.

Bullying, for as long as I’ve been around, is the method used to force them into their “proper" gender-role.

Women do it too. Witness the victim-shaming of rape survivors…even by other women. I’ve had it happen to me, when I needed some compassion, some support…at a women-only support group.

I’m going on much too long.

Sorry.💜🙏

--weezi--💖🙏🏼