Greetings guys, gals, and non-binary pals and welcome back to another video,
Of sitting on the floor in my new flat in front of unpacked boxes.
It's gonna be like this for a little while because...
Cat is still in Germany waiting for her visa.
So, for today's video I took some requests from my patrons, patreon.com/savvycat
And one of the things that I came across that was agreed upon was going through some posts by some Accidental Allies
Because that is always a jolly good time.
People trying to be homophobic or transphobic but actually come out as supporters of the community and all those apart of it.
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That is a fantastic method.
I support that. I stand by it. I love it.
This is such a common recurring theme and it is so funny.
I don't know why transphobes keep trying,
Because so often they get so confused and so caught up in their transphobia,
That they don't even know what they're saying.
And it's hilarious!
I love when they go and like comment on trans men's photos,
And they just see that they're trans in their bio,
And they're like "you'll never be a girl" and it's like...
Good, yeah, you're so right, thank you!
Thank you for affirming my agenda.
Thank you for just like affirming and confirming the idea that trans people are their actual gender.
And you clearly believe that in your own head as well so...
Yeah.
Yeah, you're right. You're so right.
And that is why we should be offering gender affirming care to young people,
So that trans women do not have to grow up going through puberty and having their voice drop,
And then being a teenager, young adult, etc, with a deep voice that does not affirm their gender.
You are so right.
I am so glad that you understand gender dysphoria,
And what young trans girls go through after going through male puberty, which...
They don't want to go through and they don't have to go through because puberty blockers exist.
So I'm really glad that you are in full support of giving puberty blockers to young trans girls.
Thank you. We appreciate your support and understanding.
Yeah!
Not all women are vagina owners, not all women are menstruators,
Not all women are cisgender, not all women can give birth.
Thank you for confirming what we all already know.
Uh, you don't have to be any of those things to be a woman.
And I really appreciate that you put that on a sign and took it to like an anti-trans protest.
Because it was protesting against the anti-trans rhetoric there, right?
Do you people read what you write?
And like internalise and like understand the words that you're saying?
Because it's so funny that so many people go out there,
And say these things that they think are like really hateful and like against things,
And actually end up being just a really good ally and saying really good points.
Such as this.
It happens all the time and it's brilliant. It's so funny.
And you point it out and they're like, "No."
Honey, yes. That is what you just said.
Also...
I love that it looks like I have dwaekki ears.
That's so funny. I'm not moving him because that's hilarious to me.
So true.
Thank you for validating Elliot Page's gender.
I love that. I love that so much.
It's so funny because I love trying to kill two birds with one stone there.
Being like, "well you'll listen to this white man's, why don't you listen to a cis white man?"
I also love seeing how many people try to misgender Elliot Page and get like genuinely really confused about it.
It's so- It's so funny how it's like- It's harder.
It- It's somehow, for some people, harder to misgender people than to like correctly gender them.
They talk about how confusing it is to correctly gender someone,
While then struggling to misgender them.
Like...
Maybe just...
Maybe just listen to what they say and what they want and do that.
That's really the easiest option, I think.
That's the pro of having all pronouns being used, right?
Like, no one can misgender you.
You are like the freaking like wild card of Uno.
Any suit can be played, you just kind of win every time.
Like, it's like impossible for you to lose.
Anyone can do anything in their power to like incorrectly gender you, and they can't.
Power move. Brilliant. I absolutely love that for you.
Obviously, there's still like transphobia and discrimination against you for that,
So I'm not saying you like, win, because that's awful and I'm sorry.
But in terms of like gender and correctly genderedness,
You've got like a superpower against transphobes there.
Because they can try as hard as they want to misgender you and they like literally can't.
And I love that. It's brilliant.
It's so funny how they have such hypocritical views about like,
"Not anyone can be a woman. It's very specific to be a woman."
"Only people with vaginas are women, anyone else is just a man dressed up."
And then the same people like, "LOL, if you don't have facial hair, you're a woman"
"LOL, wearing a dress is for girls! You're not a man, you're wearing a dress!"
If it's that easy to change your gender, what do you- Why- Why is it such a big deal?
Why are you insulting people by saying that they're not a "real man" or not a "real woman",
But then when people actively are saying "I am not a woman even though I have a vagina"
You're like "Ah, yes you are, I don't care that you have facial hair, I don't care that you have all these male traits including a male brain, you are a woman!"
But then a cis-man wears a dress and suddenly he's also not a man? Like...
Make up your mind. Which is it?
Is gender what is in your pants?
Or is gender how society views you?
Or is gender how you view yourself?
Because you're kind of somehow...
Pushing all three of those.
And you- you can't do that. You have to choose one.
And the correct one is "Gender is how you see yourself"
That is the correct answer.
So, if that's what you answered, ding ding ding! You get a cookie!
And, this is posted by like an alpha male.
And you are so right, man. You're so right.
I know that you're actively transphobic, uh,
And will say like "if you have a penis, you're a man", "you can't just wear a dress and be a woman", etc.
But also, being a man is a choice, right?
Do you read what you are saying?
Do you read that and then understand what you've just said?
I'm not saying being a man is a choice, because being trans is obviously not a choice.
But like, the implication that he has is quite funny.
You can be born male and then choose to not be a man,
Because you aren't a man, you are in fact a woman or agender or non-binary, etc.
You don't have to choose to be a man, you don't have to be.
If you're born male, you don't have to be a man.
Thank you, sir, for pointing that out.
And yeah, I hope that everyone in your audience agreed with you and had no idea what they were agreeing with.
Because it's so funny when that happens.
Accidental Allies is my favourite thing. It amuses me greatly.
No?
Firstly, you already produce testosterone.
Everyone produces testosterone regardless of their gender or their sex. We all produce testosterone.
You, as a cis man, produce enough testosterone to build the muscle mass already.
That's already a thing that you can do.
Unless you have like a genetic sort of thing with testosterone,
In which case I'm pretty sure you can get testosterone prescribed to you for gender affirming care.
Just like women with PCOS can get estrogen prescribed to them,
To balance out the amount of testosterone they produce for gender affirming care.
Gender affirming care exists for cis people.
But trans men...
Don't produce that much testosterone, so they get given it so they're on an equal playing field to you.
They're not using it to become super buff, like steroid, win the bodybuilding competitions.
They're just doing it so they can feel and look like a cis man.
That's it. They're not trying to get on top of you or ahead of you.
If you're feeling threatened and intimidated by them, maybe that's on you.
And maybe you just go to the gym and work out more without complaining that you can't get extra testosterone.
Because I'm pretty sure too much testosterone can be very dangerous.
Ah, so, yeah.
There is reason for that. It's not good for you. It's not good for you.
And the caption by NoHoTradWife is:
Exactly. I agree.
Testosterone for all who want it.
Except, as we just discussed, it might hurt some people so maybe not.
Maybe there should be some regulation? There should be a cap on it if you already have high testosterone levels.
Probably good to not have any more.
But gender affirming care is gender affirming care.
If you are a cis man who wants to present as more masculine, by all means, go for it!
Just as if you are a cis woman who wants to feel more like a woman, then go for it!
It's like this thing of, for some reason, people are-
People are anti-like breast implant for very different reasons that they're anti-breast removal.
And I find that really interesting because they're both the exact same thing.
One is gender affirming for being more "feminine", whereas one is more affirming for being "masculine".
They're both gender affirming care but we view them very very differently which I find incredibly interesting.
Gender affirming care, plastic surgery, whatever. You do you.
Just know your reasoning behind it and make sure that you are in a mentally well place.
And aren't doing it for other people, but you're doing it for yourself.
Did anyone say that it was trans?
Or are you just making assumptions based on stereotypes, that you're applying to a purple M&M?
Because I haven't heard anything about this.
Um, and the fact that people care so much about cartoon sweets is so funny and absurd.
There are real actual things happening in the world that require attention,
Why are you giving- why are you putting it there?
What are you doing?
Do we want to talk about things that actually matter and not...
The gender of a- of- of a lolly.
Like- Come on. Come on.
You really can't be that invested and care that much, right?
Like, we'll celebrate when there is more representation,
And it's like "hey! That's really cool!"
But it's not ever that big of a deal.
We only make it a big deal when you make it a big deal first.
It's kind of like, "hey that's cool!" and then every conservative starts campaigning against it.
So, we're like "Guys... calm down."
"You're being a little bit over dramatic."
Snowflakes. Snowflake alert! Why- why are you so pressed?
Just like calm down, it doesn't matter. It is an M&M.
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